Ninzic languages

Ninzic
Plateau IV
Geographic distribution:	Nigeria
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Ninzic

Glottolog:	`ninz1247`^[1]

The dozen or so Ninzic languages are a branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Mada and Ce have 100 000 speakers apiece.

Classification

There is little data on the Ninzic languages, and it is not clear that all of the following languages are related. Blench (2008) lists the following languages, twice as many as Greenberg 1963 ("Plateau IV"). They are not subclassified apart from a few obvious dialect clusters.

Ce (Che, Rukuba), Ninzo (Ninzam), Mada, Ninkyop (Kaninkwom)–Nindem, Kanufi (Anib), Gwantu (Gbantu), Bu-Ninkada (Bu), Ningye, Nungu, Ninka, Gbətsu, Nkɔ

and perhaps Ayu.

Footnotes

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ninzic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

References

Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.

External links

Plateau materials from Roger Blench

Jera	Gamo-Ningi Gyem Iguta Izora Janji Jere Kudu-Camo Lemoro Lere Sanga Shau Tunzuii Ziriya

Kauru	Bina Dungu Gbiri-Niragu Kaivi Kinuku Kono Kurama Mala Ruma Shuwa-Zamani Surubu Tumi Vono

Other	Amo Atsam Piti

Plateau

Tarokoid	Kwang Pe Sur Tarok Yankam

South	Ake Eggon Jijili Jili

Alumic	Alumu Toro Sambe Hasha

Ninzic	Bu-Ninkada Ce Gbətsu Gwantu Kanufi Mada Ningye Ninka Ninkyop Ninzo Nkɔ Nungu

East	Barkul Fyam Horom

Central	Koro Cori Dangana Doka Fəràn Gyong Hyam Idon Idun Iku Izere Jju Kadara Kamanton Kulu Kuturmi Rigwe Shamang Tyap Yeskwa Zhire

Beromic	Berom Cara Iten Shall-Zwall

Yukubenic	Akum Beezen Bete Kapya Lufu Yukuben

Other	Ahwai

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