# Lame language

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Bantu dialect cluster of Nigeria

Not to be confused with [Lamé language](/source/Lam%C3%A9_language).

Lame Tu-Gura Native to Nigeria Region Bauchi State Native speakers (10,000 cited 1995)[1] Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Lame–Gwa Lame Dialects Rufu Mbaru Gura Language codes ISO 639-3 bma Glottolog lame1257

Gura[2] Person Ba-Gura People Mo-Gura Language Tu-Gura

**Lame** is a [Jarawan](/source/Jarawan_languages) dialect cluster spoken [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). The Rufu (Ruhu) and Mbaru dialects are extinct as of 1987.[1] Blench (2019) also lists Gura as a dialect.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-e18_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-e18_1-1) [Lame](https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/bma/) at *[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)* (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BlenchAtlas4_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BlenchAtlas4_2-1) Blench, Roger (2019). *An Atlas of Nigerian Languages* (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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