Ngas

Print

Primary tabs

A language of Nigeria

Alternate Names
Angas, Karang, Kerang
User Population

693,000 (2020).

Location

Plateau state: Kanam, Langtang, Pankshin, Shendam and Wase LGAs; Taraba state: Ibi LGA.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Dialects

Hill Angas, Plain Angas. Lexical similarity: 62%–70% with Belning [glb].

Language Use

Used by all. Used as L2 by Belning [glb], Bijim [jbm], Kusur-Myet [tdl], Pye [pai], Rom [tdk].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1977.

Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 1976.