Numana language

Numana
Numana
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	50,000, including Nunku (2008)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Ninzic Numana; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gbantu (Gwantu); Ningye; Numbu; Janda;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nbr
Glottolog	numa1252
ELP	Ningye

Last updated December 17, 2025

Numana is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria.^[2]

Varieties

There are four principal dialects:^[3]

Gbantu
Numbu
Ningye
Janda

Nunku had previously been counted as Numana, due to geographic proximity, but is actually a dialect of Mada.

References

↑ Numana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Numana". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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[e25-1] Numana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Numana". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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