Ngas, or Angas, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State,

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. The language has two

dialect The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena: One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a ...

s: Hill Angas and Plain Angas. Retired General

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is a prominent Nigerian who is of Ngas extraction.

Neighbouring languages

Bəlnəŋ, an A3 West Chadic language closely related to Angas. It is spoken by about 500 people in the single village of Langung, which is surrounded by Tal villages in the east and Miship villages in the west. Speakers of Sur, a

Plateau language The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria. Berom and Eggon have the most speakers ...

, are surrounded by Ngas speakers, but Sur nevertheless continues to be a well-maintained language.Blench, Roger. 2004
Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria
The Ngas language has also undergone extensive influence from Tarok.

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External links

Litafin Addua: The Book of Common Prayer in the Angas Language
(1921) digitized by Richard Mammana Languages of Nigeria West Chadic languages {{Nigeria-stub

Neighbouring languages

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