Gwak Nlɛlɛ

Idiophone (struck)Dried Cactus GuroMultiple instruments

LanguageBerom

MacrofamilyNiger-Congo

ISO Codebom

City / RegionPlateau State, Jos South Local Government Area

CountryNigeria

ContinentAfrica

FamilyIdiophone (struck)

Instrument TypeDried Cactus Guro

ContentPraises, Other

ProductivityCan convey all messages

Current StatusStill practiced

Entry AuthorsPayi Mafeng Martin and Elena Oh

Coordinates9.7651, 8.8142

Speech Surrogates

An academic resource for musical surrogate languages — instruments that encode speech.

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