title: Shanga language
text: # Shanga language
  
  Shanga (Shangawa, Shonga, Shongawa) is a Mande language of Nigeria.
  
  ## Location and status
  
  Shanga is a town situated in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
  
  The Shanga language is an endangered language and the Shanga people also speak the Hausa language. The language is only used at home. Outside home people speak Hausa. The Hausa name for the language is Shanganci or Shanganchi.
  
  ## Classification
  
  Shanga is a Mande language. It is related to the Kyanga language, also known as Tyenga, spoken in Benin and Nigeria, and it form a group known as the Shanga–Tyenga languages.
  
  