Mumuye–Yendang languages
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| Mumuye–Yendang | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
eastern Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification: | Niger–Congo
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| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | mumu1249[1] |
The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a group of Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G5" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.
Languages
Only Mumuye and Yandang have more than about 5,000 speakers. Blench (n.d.) classifies the languages as follows:[1]
- Kugama (Gengle)
- Kumba (Sate, Yofo)
- Mumuye: (Central) Mumuye, Pangseng, Rang
- Yandang
Footnotes
References
- Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)
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