• Mumuye is by far the most populous of the Adamawa languages. It is spoken in northeastern Nigeria. It is classified in the Leko–Nimbari branch of Savanna...
    7 KB (702 words) - 18:10, 15 January 2024
  • (1979). Mumuye Mumuye proper: Northeast Mumuye, Southwest Mumuye Rang Mumuye: Rang Pangseng Mumuye: Pangseng, Komo, Jega, etc. Mumuye is the most widely...
    3 KB (138 words) - 15:41, 13 January 2021
  • Thumbnail for Mumuye people
    The Mumuye are people of the Taraba State, Nigeria. They speak the Mumuye language. They constitute the largest tribal group in Taraba State of Nigeria...
    11 KB (1,375 words) - 14:24, 24 March 2024
  • The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a proposed group of Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G5" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa...
    2 KB (132 words) - 04:07, 22 December 2020
  • Chamba–Mumuye languages are a subgroup of the old Adamawa languages family (G2, G4, G5, G12), provisionally now a branch of the Savanna languages. They...
    1 KB (92 words) - 05:19, 5 September 2019
  • Thumbnail for Languages of Africa
    The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2...
    78 KB (5,578 words) - 09:57, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Languages of Cameroon
    classification of the Niger–Congo languages of Cameroon. Adamawa Samba Daka Kobo-Dii (Vere-Duru) North: Doyayo, Longto South: Peere Mumuye Mbum North: Tupuri, Mundang...
    78 KB (2,403 words) - 08:59, 4 March 2024
  • Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
    34 KB (217 words) - 13:32, 22 April 2024
  • languages is Mumuye, at 400,000 speakers. A couple of unclassified languages—notably Laal and Jalaa—are found along their fringes. Ubangian languages...
    6 KB (504 words) - 19:11, 13 June 2023
  • Niger–Congo languages. They are among the least studied languages in Africa, and include many endangered languages; by far the largest is Mumuye, with 400...
    90 KB (1,437 words) - 22:17, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Languages of Nigeria
    over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria...
    49 KB (2,715 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Taraba State
    Taraba State (category Articles containing French-language text)
    Its slogan is Nature's Gift to the Nation. The main ethnic groups are the Mumuye, Mambilla, Jukun, Kuteb, Wurkun, Yandang, Ndola, Itchen, Jenjo, Tiv,Fulani...
    23 KB (1,739 words) - 14:18, 24 April 2024
  • are clearly Adamawa languages. In this language, 'man' is called vere. However, according to Boyd, Mome or Nya Kopo is a Mumuye dialect. There are approximately...
    3 KB (280 words) - 08:02, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Niger–Congo languages
    to 100 languages and dialects scattered across the Adamawa Plateau, spoken by an estimated total of 1.6 million as of 1996; the largest is Mumuye, accounting...
    64 KB (7,300 words) - 00:31, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bantu languages
    The Bantu languages (English: UK: /ˌbænˈtuː/, US: /ˈbæntuː/ Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu...
    50 KB (4,828 words) - 22:47, 17 April 2024
  • Tiefo (ex-Gur) Wara–Natyoro (ex-Gur) Tusya (a.k.a. "Win": ex-Gur) Chamba–Mumuye a.k.a. Leko–Nimbari (ex-Adamawa: G2, G4, G5, G12) Mbum–Day (ex-Adamawa:...
    11 KB (781 words) - 10:45, 7 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Kwa languages
    The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory...
    25 KB (955 words) - 00:27, 13 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gbe languages
    The Gbe languages (pronounced [ɡ͡bè]) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria...
    36 KB (4,291 words) - 12:44, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Grassfields languages
    The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon...
    6 KB (393 words) - 16:05, 19 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Senufo languages
    The Senufo or Senufic languages (Senoufo in French) has around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and the...
    8 KB (864 words) - 09:45, 19 June 2022
  • Thumbnail for Cross River languages
    The Cross River or Delta–Cross languages are a branch of the Benue–Congo language family spoken in south-easternmost Nigeria, with some speakers in south-westernmost...
    7 KB (484 words) - 06:29, 11 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Samo language (Burkina)
    Niger-Congo languages spoken in Burkina Faso and Mali. Intelligibility between Samo varieties is low. The following have been coded as separate languages: Matya...
    6 KB (179 words) - 16:13, 10 March 2024
  • Vigye, is a language of Burkina Faso. It may be a member of the Gur language, but it is of uncertain affiliation within the Niger-Congo languages. It is spoken...
    2 KB (145 words) - 10:55, 19 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Mande languages
    The Mande languages (Mandén, Manding; [needs IPA]) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include...
    30 KB (1,653 words) - 05:32, 14 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Atlantic–Congo languages
    The Atlantic–Congo languages are the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa. They have characteristic noun class systems and form the core...
    7 KB (411 words) - 04:01, 6 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Jalingo
    Jukun, Jonjo are found in significant number. Fulfulde, Mumuye, Hausa, and many other local languages are spoken in Jalingo. Location of the Muri Emirate...
    16 KB (1,114 words) - 00:28, 26 February 2024
  • semi-Bantu language that is spoken in Cameroon by the Tikar people, as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies, who speak their own dialect of the language. A recent...
    2 KB (155 words) - 23:39, 29 December 2023
  • Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. The subgroups are: Ekpeye Nuclear Igboid: Igbo, Ikwerre, Ika, Izii–Ikwo–Ezza–Mgbo...
    6 KB (215 words) - 08:14, 8 March 2024
  • form a branch of the "Yoruba–Edo–Akoko–Igbo" (YEAI) group of Niger–Congo languages.[citation needed] It is spoken in the LGAs of Akoko North East, Akoko...
    5 KB (279 words) - 02:26, 24 November 2021
  • Jega, and others. Shimizu, Kiyoshi (1979). A Comparative Study of the Mumuye Dialects (Nigeria). Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde. Vol. A-14...
    1 KB (58 words) - 17:27, 19 December 2022