Bendi languages

Bendi
Geographic
distribution		 Southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon
Linguistic classification Niger–Congo
Glottolog bend1256[1]
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The Bendi languages shown within Nigeria and Cameroon:
  Bekwarra
  Putukwam
  Alege
  Ukpe-Bayobiri
  Ubang
  Bete-Bendi
  Obanliku
  Bumaji
  Bokyi

The Bendi languages are a small group of Benue–Congo languages of uncertain affiliation spoken in southeastern Nigeria, with one (Bokyi) having some speakers in Cameroon. Once counted among the Cross River languages, they may actually be a branch of Southern Bantoid.[2]

Very little research has been conducted on the Bendi languages, and the modern work that does exist often remains either unpublished or inaccessible.[3] The group is notable for having one language (Ubang) that has male and female forms.[3]

The languages are:

Alege, Obanliku, Bekwarra, Bete-Bendi, Bokyi, Bumaji, Putukwam, Ubang, Ukpe-Bayobiri.

The data is too poor to allow internal classification of these languages.

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bendic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Blench, Roger (2011). "'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu" (PDF). Berlin: Humboldt University. p. 17.
  3. 1 2 "Bendi languages". www.rogerblench.info. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
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