Wannu language

Wannu
Wannu
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Benue State
Native speakers	(a few thousand cited 1998)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid Central Kororofa Wannu; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jub
Glottolog	wann1241

Last updated December 17, 2025

Wannu, or Abinsi after the district in which it is spoken, is a Jukunoid language ^[2] of Nigeria. It belongs to the Jukun Wapan (Kororofa) language cluster.^[3]

References

↑ Wannu at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wannu". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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[e16-1] Wannu at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

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

[BlenchAtlas4-3] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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