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Angas
Angas–Sura, Central West Chadic,
A.3 West Chadic
Geographic
distribution
Shendam and Mangu LGAs, Plateau State, Nigeria
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
  • Chadic
    • West Chadic
      • Angas
Glottologwest2717
West Chadic per Newman (1977)
Main Chadic-speaking peoples in Nigeria

The Angas, Angas–Sura,[1] or Central West Chadic languages[2] (also known as A.3 West Chadic) are a branch of West Chadic languages spoken in Plateau State, north-central Nigeria.

  1. ^ Takács, Gábor. 2004. Comparative Dictionary of the Angas-Sura Languages. Berlin: Reimer.
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). "Jakato: an undocumented language of Central Nigeria".

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