Tangale language

Tangale (Tangle) is a West Chadic language spoken in Northern region of Nigeria.

[1] The vast majority of the native speakers are found across Akko, Billiri, Kaltungo and Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State Nigeria .

[2]: 37 Verbs are bound roots of the following segmental shapes: CVC-, CVːC-, CV(m)CC-, and CVCː-.

[2]: 39  Verbs root can be marked for verbal plurality in nine different ways including reduplication, suffixation, infixation and devoicing.

A reflexive pronoun is formed by the word kɪɪ with a possessive suffix.

Nominal and verbal predicates are negated by what is described as a suffix -m.[2]: 61 J.S.Hall of the Sudan Interior Mission worked with the Tangale people and created literature in the language.