The Bikwin–Jen or simply the Jen languages form a branch of the Adamawa family. They are spoken in and around Karim Lamido LGA (to the north of Jalingo...

Dza, also called Jen, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. Dza at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e...

the Adamawa Languages Project website, recognises the following 17 groups as Adamawa languages. Tula-Waja (Waja): G1 Bikwin-Jen (Burak, Jen): G9 Kam (Nyiŋɔm...

of the Bikwin languages, which were unknown to Greenberg, with the Jen languages. Subclassification follows Blench (2004). The Waja languages were once...

language of Nigeria. Tha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2015. Bikwin-Jen group. Adamawa Languages...

of the Burak-Jen (i.e., Bikwin-Jen), Yungur (i.e., Bena-Mboi), and Tula-Longuda subgroups. There are several clusters of Adamawa languages; among the Gur...

Bambukic languages of the Adamawa family. Boyd (1989) assigned it its own branch within Waja–Jen. Kleinewillinghöfer (1996) removed it from Waja–Jen as an...

hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share...

Lelau (Lelo), or Munga after its location, is one of the Bikwin languages of the Bikwin people, spoken in Taraba State, Nigeria. Leelau at Ethnologue (18th...

Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus...

has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...

Mɔɔ or Mọọ, known as Gomu (Gwomu) after its location, is a Bikwin (Adamawa) language spoken by about 5,000 people in Taraba State, Nigeria. Moo at Ethnologue...

The Atlantic–Congo languages make up the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa. They have characteristic noun class systems and form the core...

Mak, or LeeMak, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria, one of several spoken by the Bikwin people. The two dialects, Panya and Zoo (Zo), are rather divergent...

in Taraba State. The Jenjos speak the Jen language which is under the Bikwin–Jenan branch of the Adamawa languages. The population of the Jenjo people today...

be distinct languages; as Lafofa is poorly attested, there may be others. Greenberg (1950) classified Lafofa as one of the Talodi languages, albeit a divergent...

The Adamawa–Ubangi languages are a geographic grouping and formerly postulated family of languages spoken in Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic...

Bambuka after its location, is a Bikwin (Adamawa) language of Nigeria. Blench lists Kanawa as a possible separate language. Kyãk at Ethnologue (25th ed....

There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. The English-based...

languages. The Ghana–Togo Mountain languages are examples of languages where nine- or ten-vowel systems are still found. Languages of Africa Language...

Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. Williamson and Blench conclude that the Igboid languages form a "language cluster"...

Mbum or Kebi-Benue languages (also known as Lakka in narrower scope) are a group of the Mbum–Day branch of the Adamawa languages, spoken in southern...

The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon...

The Gbe languages (pronounced [ɡ͡bè]) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria...

"Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of...

language family. It consists of the Northern Bantoid languages and the Southern Bantoid languages, a division which also includes the Bantu languages...

The Senufo or Senufic languages (French: Senoufo) comprise around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and...

of the Dagaare language are also found in Cameroon. The Samu languages of Burkina Faso are Gur languages. Like most Niger–Congo languages, the ancestor...

The Sere languages (also called the Ndogoic or Sere–Ndogo languages) are a proposed family of Ubangian languages spoken in South Sudan and the Democratic...

Kim languages are a small group of the Mbum–Day languages of the provisional Savanna family, spoken in southern Chad. There are three languages: Kim...