Mada muhimmin harshe ne na yanki da ake magana da shi a Nasarawa da Kudancin Jihar Kaduna na Tsakiyar Najeriya, Najeriya, mai yarukan da yawa. Harshen tonal ne sosai. An gama fassarar Sabon Alƙawarin zuwa harshen a shekara ta 1999.[2] Harshen Nunku yare ne na Mada maimakon yaren Gbantu .

Harshen Mada
  • Harshen Mada
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-3 mda
Glottolog mada1282[1]

Ƙabilar Mada ita ce ta biyu mafi yawan jama’a a cikin kabilun jihar Nasarawa, mafi yawan mazauna kananan hukumomin Akwanga da Kokona. Mai yuwuwar tarihin binciken kayan tarihi ya nuna cewa ƙila su zuriyar wayewar Nok ne. Suna da alaƙa da mutanen Ninzo, da kuma mutanen Gbantu. An yi imanin cewa harsunansu sun fito ne daga harshen Proto-Plateau.

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Harshen Mada". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Blench, Roger. "A brief history of Mada literacy, and the creation of a Mada dictionary".