Teshenawa language

Extinct Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria
Teshenawa
Native toNigeria
RegionJigawa State
Extinct(date missing)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3twc
Glottologtesh1239

Teshenawa is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Teshena town of Kafin Hausa LGA, Jigawa State, Nigeria.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Teshenawa at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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