Mada is a language spoken in Akwanga, Kokona and Keffi LGAs of Nasarawa State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Plateau (Ninzic).
- Type
- Language
- Belongs to
- Plateau
- Glottocode
- mada1282
Mada is a language spoken in Akwanga, Kokona and Keffi LGAs of Nasarawa State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Plateau (Ninzic). Other names include Yidda. It is also spoken in Jema'a LGA of Kaduna State. The Atlas cites speaker figures of 30,000 (SIL 1973). It has northern and western dialect clusters, and the New Testament appeared in 2000.
Nasarawa State · Akwanga · Kokona · Keffi · Karu · Lafia · Nasarawa · Nasarawa Eggon · Toto · Wamba · Kaduna State · Jema'a
Mada
- Yidda
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
- Glottolog language index (resourcemap) — Glottolog · link
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Archive ID: LANG-MADA · Last updated 26 September 2026.
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