Belnəng language
Belnəng is a West Chadic language of Plateau State, Nigeria closely related to Angas. It was discovered by Roger Blench in 2016. It is spoken by about 500 people in the single village of Langung, which is surrounded by Tal villages in the east and Miship villages in the west (Blench 2017).[1] It is documented in Blench & Bulkaam (2019).[3]
| Belnəng | |
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| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | 500 (2017)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | beln1234[2] |
References
- Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Belneng". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger & Michael Bulkaam. 2019. "Belnəng, an undocumented Chadic language of Central Nigeria." Manuscript. Jos.
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