| Tala | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tak |
| Glottolog | tala1295 |
| ELP | Tala |
Tala is a language from theWest Chadian branch of theChadic language family.[2][3] The language is spoken in the central regions ofNigeria, and had approximately 1000native speakers in 1993. The language is unwritten.
Tala is part of the Guruntum (Gurdung according to the work ofRoger Blench) group of theSouth Bauchi language group, and is thus similar to theGuruntum, Tala, andZangwal languages.[4]
The Ju language is spoken in the villages ofKuka andTalan Kasa, which lie to the south ofBauchi. The village is in the Bauchilocal government area in thestate of Bauchi.[1]
Tala shareslanguage borders mostly with otherWest Chadic languages; Zangwal to the west, Ju to the southwest,Guruntum to the southeast, and theGera language to the north and northeast. To the south, Ju borders thesprachbund of theDulbu language.[1]
In 1993,Ethnologue estimated the number of speakers of the language at a thousand,[1] and theJoshua Project has estimated the number of speakers at 2,000.[citation needed]
