Loo language
| Loo | |
|---|---|
| Shụŋọ | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Gombe State, Taraba State |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1992)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ldo |
| Glottolog | looo1238 |
Loo, or Shụŋọ, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. It is one of the more than 500 native languages spoken in that country. As of 1992, the approximate number of Loo speakers was 8,000.[2] Those speakers reside in parts of Gombe State and also the adjacent state to the south: Taraba State.[2]
References
- ^ Loo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages, pp. xii and 58 (Third Edition, 2012).
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