Ninzic languages
| Ninzic | |
|---|---|
| Plateau IV | |
| Geographic distribution | Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo |
| Glottolog | ninz1247[1] |
The dozen or so Ninzic languages are a branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria.
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
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ninzic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
References
- Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
External links
- Plateau materials from Roger Blench
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