Longuda language

Lunguda is a Niger–Congo language spoken in Nigeria. They settle in the western part of Gongola mainly in and around the hills of the volcanic Lunguda Plateau, Adamawa state. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, within the Adamawa family. When Blench broke up Adamawa, Lunguda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.
According to the Ethnologue, the current number of speakers is based on an SIL figure of 45,000 from 1973. But recent studies has shown 50,000 in the 2006 census.
Variants of the name Longuda include Languda, Longura, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba.

Dialects

In the Adamawa Languages Project website, Kleinewillinghöfer lists five dialects in the Longuda dialect cluster.

Longuda/Lunguda of Guyuk and Wala Lunguda
Nʋngʋra of Cerii, Banjiram
Longura of Thaarʋ
Nʋngʋra of Gwaanda
Nʋngʋra of Deele

Partly due to word taboo customs, there is considerable lexical diversity among Longuda dialects.

Geography

The Lunguda settle in the northeastern part of Nigeria, mostly in Guyuk, Adamawa state in Guyuk LGA, Balanga LGA of Gombe state and some parts of Borno. They have approximately 504,000 according to 2006 population census.

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench.

Language	Branch	Dialects	Alternate spellings	Own name for language	Endonym	Speakers	Location
Longuda	Longuda	Nya Guyuwa, Nya Ceriya, Nya Tariya, Nya Dele, Nya Gwanda	Lunguda, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba	nyà núngúrá Guyuk, Nungurama Nyuar	Núngúráyábá Guyuk, Nùngùrábà Jessu, Lungúrábá Kola	13,700 ; 32,000	Adamawa State, Guyuk LGA; Gombe State, Balanga LGA

The largest ward is Chikila ward.