Wikipedia / Mumuye languages
Wikipedia / Mumuye languages
The Mumuye languages are a group of Adamawa languages spoken in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria.
Languages
The classification below follows Shimizu (1979).
Mumuye
Mumuye proper: Northeast Mumuye, Southwest Mumuye
Rang Mumuye: Rang
Pangseng Mumuye: Pangseng, Komo, Jega, etc.
Mumuye is the most widely spoken Adamawa language.
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Language | Branch | Cluster | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Other names (location-based) | Other names for language | Exonym(s) | Speakers | Location(s) | Notes |
Mumuye cluster | Mumuye | Mumuye | 103,000 (1952); 400,000 (1980 UBS) | Taraba State, Jalingo, Zing, Yorro and Mayo Belwa LGAs | ||||||||
Mumuye | Mumuye | Bajama (Gnoore) and Jeng, Zing (Zinna, Zeng) and Mang, Kwaji and Meeka, Yaa, also Yakoko (according to Meek) | Zing group | Taraba State, Zing, Yorro and Mayo Belwa LGAs | ||||||||
Mumuye | Mumuye | Monkin group: Kugong, Shaari, Sagbee; Kpugbong group: Kasaa, Yɔrɔ, Lankoviri (Lankavirĩ), Saawa, Nyaaja, and Jaalingo | Taraba State, Jalingo LGA | |||||||||
Mumuye | Pangseng, Komo, Jega | Taraba State, Karim Lamido LGA | ||||||||||
Mumuye | Taraba State, Zing LGA |
See also
Proto-Mumuye reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1979. A comparative study of the Mumuye dialects (Nigeria). (Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde A14). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.