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Nupoid
Geographic
distribution
Central Nigeria; along the Niger River from the confluence of the Benue and north
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Niger
      • noi
        • Nupoid
Subdivisions
  • Ebira–Gade
  • Nupe–Gbagyi
Glottolognupo1239

The Nupoid languages are a branch of Volta–Niger spoken in west-central Nigeria, particularly in southeastern Niger State and northern Kogi State. They include the Nupe, and Ebira languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid languages have 3 level tones.[1]

  1. ^ Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.

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Nupoid languages

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Ebira languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid languages have 3 level tones. Roger Blench (2013: 4) classifies the Nupoid languages as...

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Nupe language

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(also known as Anufe, Nupenci, Nyinfe, and Tapa) is a Volta–Niger language of the Nupoid branch primarily spoken by the Nupe people of the North Central...

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Ebira language

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2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.)...

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Gwari language

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Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by the Gbagyi people, which make up over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West...

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Kakanda language

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2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.)...

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Dibo language

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words. Dibo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list. v t e...

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Languages of Nigeria

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Ibibio-Efik, Idomoid (Idoma) and Nupoid (Nupe) and perhaps include the other languages mentioned above. The Idoma language is classified in the Akweya subgroup...

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Kupa language

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Nigeria. Kupa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list. "Kupa-Nupe...

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Kami language

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who speak the same language. Kami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria:...

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Gade language

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is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. Glottolog 4.7 (2022) classifies it as an independent branch of Gadoid/Babyoid rather than as a Nupoid language. There...

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South Plateau languages

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other (~ 7%), and Koro Zuba at least appears to be a Nupoid language. Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019)...

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Bassa Nge people

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of the Basa language in the Kainji languages (all of the Niger-Congo and Benue-Congo group of West African languages). In 2017, Bassa Nge Community North...

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Languages of Africa

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has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...

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Kainji languages

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distribution today is likely due to the historical northward expansion of the Nupoid languages. Proto-Kainji nominal prefixes: *mV- for liquids and other mass nouns...

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Bantu languages

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Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus...

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Mande languages

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The Mande languages (Mandén, Manding; [needs IPA]) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include...

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Koro Zuba language

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Koro Zuba is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ethnic name Koro. However, it has very low (~ 7%) lexical similarity...

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KKA

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KKA or kka may refer to: Kakanda language, a Nupoid language of Nigeria (by ISO 639-3 code) Kanki railway station, West Bengal, India (by Indian Railways...

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Senufo languages

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The Senufo or Senufic languages (Senoufo in French) has around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and the...

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Kwa languages

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The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory...

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West Atlantic languages

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Atlantic languages (also the Atlantic languages or North Atlantic languages) of West Africa are a major subgroup of the Niger–Congo languages. The Atlantic...

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Bantoid languages

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language family. It consists of the Northern Bantoid languages and the Southern Bantoid languages, a division which also includes the Bantu languages...

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List of language families

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language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...

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Gbe languages

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The Gbe languages (pronounced [ɡ͡bè]) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria...

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Gbaya languages

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The Gbaya languages, also known as Gbaya–Manza–Ngbaka, are a family of perhaps a dozen languages spoken mainly in the western Central African Republic...

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