Mama language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Nigeria}} {{Infobox language |name=Mama |altname=Kantana |states=Nigeria |region=Nassarawa State |speakers=2,000–3,000? |date=2001 |ref=<ref name=ISOproposal/> |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Volta-Congo |fam4=Benue–Congo |fam5=Bantoid |fam6=Southern Bantoid |fam7=Jarawan |fam8=Nigerian Jarawan |iso3=mma |glotto=mama1272 |glottorefname=Mama }}

'''Mama''', or '''Kantana''', is a Jarawan language spoken in Nigeria.

The number of speakers is unclear. A figure of 20,000 was published in 1973.<ref>{{e18|mma|Mama}}</ref> In 2011, "Kantana" (presumably the same language) was said to have 2,000–3,000 speakers, mostly over 25 years old.<ref name=ISOproposal>{{Cite web |url=http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2011-171_jkt.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-20 |archive-date=2014-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907000403/http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2011-171_jkt.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> A partial count of the ethnic community in the 2006 census was 6,000–9,000.

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Category:Jarawan languages Category:Languages of Nigeria