Jukun Takum language
| Jukun | |
|---|---|
| Jukun Takum | |
| Njikum | |
| Native to | Cameroon, Nigeria |
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Native speakers
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2,400 in Cameroon (2000) unknown number in Nigeria, but sufficient for significant L2 use |
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Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | juku1254 |
Jukun (Njikum), or more precisely Jukun Takum, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon used as a trade language in Nigeria. Though there are only a few thousand native speakers, and only a dozen in Nigeria (as of 2000), it is spoken as a second language in Nigeria by tens of thousands (40,000 reported in 1979).
The name Jukun is a cover term for several related Jukunoid languages, such as the much-more-numerous Jukun Wapan.
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