Central Nigeria; along the Niger River from the confluence of the Benue and north
Linguistic classification
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Volta–Niger
noi
Nupoid
Subdivisions
Ebira–Gade
Nupe–Gbagyi
Glottolog
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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]
^Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.
Ebira languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoidlanguages have 3 level tones. Roger Blench (2013: 4) classifies the Nupoidlanguages as...
(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...
2013. The Nupoidlanguages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.)...
Gwari is a Nupoidlanguage spoken by the Gbagyi people, which make up over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West...
2013. The Nupoidlanguages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.)...
words. Dibo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoidlanguages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list. v t e...
Ibibio-Efik, Idomoid (Idoma) and Nupoid (Nupe) and perhaps include the other languages mentioned above. The Idoma language is classified in the Akweya subgroup...
Nigeria. Kupa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoidlanguages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list. "Kupa-Nupe...
who speak the same language. Kami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoidlanguages of west-central Nigeria:...
is a Nupoidlanguage of Nigeria. Glottolog 4.7 (2022) classifies it as an independent branch of Gadoid/Babyoid rather than as a Nupoidlanguage. There...
other (~ 7%), and Koro Zuba at least appears to be a Nupoidlanguage. Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019)...
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...
has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...
distribution today is likely due to the historical northward expansion of the Nupoidlanguages. Proto-Kainji nominal prefixes: *mV- for liquids and other mass nouns...
Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus...
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...
Koro Zuba is a Nupoidlanguage of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ethnic name Koro. However, it has very low (~ 7%) lexical similarity...
KKA or kka may refer to: Kakanda language, a Nupoidlanguage of Nigeria (by ISO 639-3 code) Kanki railway station, West Bengal, India (by Indian Railways...
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...
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...
Atlantic languages (also the Atlantic languages or North Atlantic languages) of West Africa are a major subgroup of the Niger–Congo languages. The Atlantic...
language family. It consists of the Northern Bantoid languages and the Southern Bantoid languages, a division which also includes the Bantu languages...
language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...
The Gbe languages (pronounced [ɡ͡bè]) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria...
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...