Kugama language
Adamawa language spoken in Nigeria
title: "Kugama language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["languages-of-nigeria", "mumuye–yendang-languages"] description: "Adamawa language spoken in Nigeria" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugama_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Adamawa language spoken in Nigeria ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kugama |
| region | Adamawa state |
| states | Nigeria |
| speakers | 5,000 Kugama |
| date | 1995 |
| ref | e18 |
| speakers2 | unclear if figure for Gengle is additional or duplicate |
| familycolor | Niger-Congo |
| fam2 | Atlantic–Congo |
| fam3 | Leko–Nimbari |
| fam4 | Mumuye–Yendang |
| fam5 | Yendang |
| lc1 | kow |
| lc2 | geg |
| glotto | kuga1239 |
| glottorefname | Gengle-Kugama |
| :: |
|name=Kugama |region=Adamawa state |states=Nigeria |ethnicity= |speakers=5,000 Kugama |date=1995 |ref=e18 |speakers2=unclear if figure for Gengle is additional or duplicate |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Leko–Nimbari |fam4=Mumuye–Yendang |fam5=Yendang |lc1=kow|ld1=Kugama |lc2=geg|ld2=Gengle (duplicate code) |glotto=kuga1239 |glottorefname=Gengle-Kugama Kugama, also known as Wam (Wã̀m) or Gengle, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. It is spoken in Mayo-Belwa and Fufore Local Government Areas of Adamawa State. It is classified within the Yendang group of the Adamawa language family.
Speakers refer to their language as ɲáː wàm. Kugama is an exonym that is often used by the speakers themselves when speaking in other languages, while Wã̀m is the name they use to refer to themselves.
References
References
- Idiatov, Dmitry, Mark Van de Velde, Tope Olagunju and Bitrus Andrew. 2017. ''[http://idiatov.mardi.myds.me/talks/2017_CALL_AdaGram_Survey_Results.pdf Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria]''. 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) (Leiden, Netherlands).
- Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- "Kugama".
- "Gengle".
- Litvinova, Lora. [http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/AdaGram/wam.html Wam] {{Webarchive. link. (2020-02-18 . AdaGram, LLACAN.)
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