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The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated at between 1,250 and 2,100, and by some counts at over 3,000. Nigeria alone has over 500 languages, one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong to many distinct language families, among which the largest are:
The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria.
Bura-Pabir is a Chadic language spoken in North-eastern Nigeria by the Babur/Bura people. Dialects include Pela, Bura Pela, Hill Bura, Hyil Hawul, Bura Hyilhawul, and Plain Bura. The language is closely related to Kilba, Chibok, Margi and a few other north-eastern Nigerian Languages.
Ga is a Biu-Mandara language spoken by about 43,000 people in the Gombi Local Government Area in Adamawa state of Nigeria. Many speakers live across the length and breadth of Nigeria. It has three dialects, Ga'anda, Gabun and Boga; Blench (2006) classifies Gabun is a separate language.
The twenty Central Plateau languages are a residual branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Tyap has over 200,000 speakers, and the closely related Jju has well over 300,000. Hyam has another 100,000. Cori is famous for being one of very few languages with six tone levels, though only three are needed for writing.
Oko (ɔ̀kɔ́), also known as Ogori-Magongo and Oko-Eni-Osayin, is a dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria. It appears to form a branch of the "Nupe–Oko–Idoma" group of Niger–Congo languages. Most Oko speakers also speak Yoruba as a second language. The language is spoken in and around the towns of Ogori and Magongo in southwestern Kogi State, close to the Ondo and Edo state borders.
Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa. Dyarim is closely related.
Tula is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria.
Nyong (Daganyonga), also known as Mubako and Bali-Kumbat, is a Leko language spoken in two well-separated enclaves in Cameroon and Nigeria. Cameroonian speakers consider themselves to be ethnically Chamba.
The Rigwe language, Nkarigwe, is a Plateau language of Nigeria spoken by the Irigwe people mainly found in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Geji (Gezawa) is a minor Chadic dialect cluster of Bauchi State, Nigeria. The three varieties are Buu, Gyaazi and Mәgang. The latter two are quite similar or alike.
Spurious languages are languages that have been reported as existing in reputable works, while other research has reported that the language in question did not exist. Some spurious languages have been proven to not exist. Others have very little evidence supporting their existence, and have been dismissed in later scholarship. Others still are of uncertain existence due to limited research.
Yumu is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. It is listed as a potential Kambari language by Roger Blench, however it does not have an Ethnologue nor Glottolog entry.
The Anghan people are an ethnic group found in Zangon Kataf and Kachia LGAs of southern Kaduna State, in the Middle Belt area of Nigeria.
Kagoma is a district of Jema'a Local Government Area, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The postal code for the village is 801104.
Gwong people are a people found in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Their language, Gyong language belongs to the central plateau language group. Their headquarters is at Fadan Kagoma, Jema'a Local Government Area of the state.
Kagoma may refer to:
References
- ↑ Gyong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ "Joshua Project entry on Gyong" . Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Current Ethnologue entry on Gyong" . Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Gyong (Kagoma) - a database of language word list data with audio samples for analysis and historical and comparative linguistic reconstruction" . Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ Ibrahim, Musa Rhoda. "A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PHRASE IN GYONG AND ENGLISH". eduprojecttopics.com. Retrieved August 8, 2020.