The Tivoid languages shown within Nigeria and Cameroon:
Uncertain affiliation:
Buru
Furu
Eastern Beboid
Menchum
Esimbi
Isolates:
Mesaka
other Tivoid:
North Tivoid
Central Tivoid
The Tivoid languages are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The subfamily takes its name after Tiv, the most spoken language in the group.
The majority are threatened with extinction. The largest of these languages by far is the Tiv language for which the group is named; it had 2 million speakers in 1991. The second largest is the Bitare language; it had 110,000 speakers in 2000. Most apart from Tiv are extremely poorly known, and the next best, Esimbi, has not even been demonstrated to be Tivoid.
The Tivoidlanguages are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The subfamily takes its name after Tiv, the...
that Tivoid, Momo (ex-Grassfields) and East Beboid may form a group, perhaps with the uncertain languages Esimbi and Buru–Angwe: ? Bendi Tivoid–Beboid:...
It is by far the largest of the Tivoidlanguages, a group of languages belonging to the Southern Bantoid languages Tiv is widely spoken in the States...
State, Bendi, Beboid, Grassfields and Tivoidlanguages. Within the Benue-Congo languages, the expansive Bantu language family which covers much of central...
that the non-Western Momo languages belong in Grassfields and that they may actually be closer to the poorly established Tivoid group; Western Momo is therefore...
institutions. Iyive is written using Latin script. Endangered languageTivoidlanguages Cameroons Language death Nigeria Iyive at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Jouni...
Tiv (or Tiiv) are a Tivoid ethnic group. They constitute approximately 2.4% of Nigeria's total population, and number over 5 million individuals throughout...
Mesaka, or Ugarə, is a Tivoidlanguage spoken in Cameroon. Batomo may be a separate language, or it may be the same as Motomo (Oliti, Matchi), a dialect...
Bitare (Njwande, Yukutare) is a Tivoidlanguage of Nigeria and Cameroon. Bitare at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Blench, Roger (2019)...
Abon (Abõ) is a Tivoidlanguage of Nigeria. Abon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) "(PDF) A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems". ResearchGate...
Esimbi is a Tivoidlanguage of southwestern Cameroon. It is also called Isimbi, Simpi, Age, Aage, Bogue and Mburugam. High tone is indicated with an acute...
a Tivoidlanguage of Nigeria. Dialects are Amanda-Afi, Kamino. Angwe was once assumed, but turns out to be a dialect of the divergent Buru language. Batu...
has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...
Niger–Congo languages. This latter group comprises one Senegambian language (Fulfulde), 28 Adamawa languages, and 142 Benue–Congo languages (130 of which...
and Alunfa are poorly documented and for a time had been considered Tivoidlanguages. Balo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
Ipulo or Assumbo is a Tivoidlanguage of Cameroon. The rather divergent dialects are Olulu and Tinta/Etongo. Ipulo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t...
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...
Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus...
importance of the Kru languages for their position at the crossroads of African-European interaction. He wrote that "Kru and associated languages were among 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...
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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