Longuda language
Longuda is a Niger–Congo language of Nigeria. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, of his Adamawa family. Boyd assigned it a branch within Waja–Jen. When Blench broke up Adamawa, Longuda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.
The current number of speakers is unknown. Ethnologue cites an SIL figure of 32,000 from 1973.
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
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 |
| Lunguda | Lunguda | 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 |