Shoo-Minda-Nye language

Shoo-Minda-Nye
Shoo-Minda-Nye
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1973)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid Central (unclassified) Shoo-Minda-Nye; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Shoo (Banda); Minda; Nye (Kunini);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bcv
Glottolog	shoo1247

Last updated December 17, 2025

Shoo, Minda and Nye are the three constituent dialects of a Jukunoid language ^[2] of Nigeria which has no unitary name.

Minda is spoken widely by the people who live in Minda, in present day Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State.

References

↑ Shoo-Minda-Nye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Shoo-Minda-Nye". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Shoo-Minda-Nye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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

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