Central Plateau languages
Plateau language branch of Nigeria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The twenty Central Plateau languages are a residual branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Tyap (or Katab) has over 200,000 speakers, and the closely related Jju (or Kaje) has well over 300,000. Hyam (or Jabba) has another 100,000. Cori is famous for being one of very few languages with six tone levels, though only three are needed for writing.
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Central Plateau | |
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Geographic distribution | Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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Glottolog | None sout3163 (Irigwe–Izeric–Tyapic) nort3184 (Hyamic–Koroic–Gyongic) nort3169 (North Plateau) |
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