East Plateau languages

East or Southeast Plateau are a "probable" group of three Plateau languages spoken in Nigeria. Fyam and Horom are closely related; connections to Barkul (Bo-Rukul) are more problematic.

East Plateau 

Fyam

Horom

? Barkul

East Plateau
Plateau VI
Geographic
distribution
Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo
Glottologsout2800[1]

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[2]


LanguageAlternate spellingsOwn name for languageEndonym(s)Other names (location-based)Other names for languageSpeakersLocation(s)
PyamFyem, Pyem, Paiem, Fem, Pem7,700 (1952 W&B); 14,000 (1973 SIL)Plateau State, Jos, Barkin Ladi and Mangu LGAs
Bo-RukulMabo–BarkulMabol, BarukulKulere; Kaleri (erroneous)Plateau State, Mangu LGA, Richa district
HoromBaromBaromKaleri (erroneous)500 (1973 SIL); 1000 (Blench 1998)Plateau State, Mangu LGA. One village and one hamlet

Footnotes

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southeastern Benue–Congo Plateau". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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gollark: Yes.
gollark: Oh dear.
gollark: None whatsoever, sorry about that, and six.
gollark: I tried to make a parser which did, but it just got stuck infinitely recursing somehow.

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