Hõne language

Hõne is a Jukunoid language spoken in Gombe State and Taraba State, Nigeria. Speakers of the two dialects, Pindiga and Gwana, can only understand each other with difficulty.[1] It belongs to the Jukun Wapan (Kororofa) language cluster.[3]

Hõne
Native toNigeria
RegionGombe State and Taraba State
Native speakers
7,000 (1999)[1]
Dialects
  • Pindiga
  • Gwana
Language codes
ISO 639-3juh
Glottologhone1235[2]

Distribution

Hõne is spoken in Akko, Billiri, Shongom, and Karim-Lamido LGAs. Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists villages as:

  • Futuk, Kaltanga, Kashere, Pindiga, and Tumu villages (Pindiga dialect)
  • Andamin, Digare, Dizi, Gobirawa, Gwana, Jukon, Kasan Dare, Katagum, Konan Kuka, and Kwaya villages (Gwana dialect)
gollark: I don't think they should select on opinions, but qualifications aren't the only important thing.
gollark: Yes, that's what I came up with, it is a bit bee.
gollark: I do not. You just said -ist. The other interpretation I could come up with which might make sense doesn't make sense contextually.
gollark: Apiarist? Florist?
gollark: America does it based on how "interesting" you are or something. Which is especially bee.

References

  1. Hõne at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hone". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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