Kainji languages

Kainji
Geographic
distribution		 Kainji Lake, Nigeria
Linguistic classification Niger–Congo
Subdivisions
  • Reshe
  • core Kainji
Glottolog kain1275[1]
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The Kainji languages shown within Nigeria

The Kainji languages are a group of sixty or so related languages spoken by about 900,000 people in Nigeria. They form part of the Central Nigerian (Platoid) branch of Benue–Congo. Four of the largest are Tsuvadi (150,000), Cishingini and Tsishingini (100,000 each)—all from the Kambari branch; and Clela (C'lela, Lela) (100,000), of the Northwest Kainji branch.

Classification

The most divergent of the Kainji languages are Reshe, Laru and Lopa. Subclassification of the other branches is not yet clear. A division between East and West Kainji is no longer maintained.

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kainji". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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