Mama
Kantana
Native toNigeria
RegionNassarawa State
Native speakers
2,000–3,000? (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mma
Glottologmama1272

Mama, or Kantana, is a Bantu language spoken in Nigeria.

The number of speakers is unclear. A figure of 20,000 was published in 1973.[2] In 2011, "Kantana" (presumably the same language) was said to have 2,000–3,000 speakers, mostly over 25 years old.[1] A partial count of the ethnic community in the 2006 census was 6,000–9,000.

References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2015-02-20.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Mama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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