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 to | Nigeria |
| Region | Gombe State and Taraba State |
Native speakers | 7,000 (1999)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | juh |
| Glottolog | hone1235[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: This is a group of a true person of culture: https://dragcave.net/group/24440
gollark: I shall breed your APd offspring to a 30G æon.
gollark: *breeds checkers to CBs frequently*
gollark: ***g***ol***d***
gollark: Aeons. They're near the start of the alphabet and are cool.
References
- Hõne at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hone". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.