Janji language
| Janji | |
|---|---|
| Tijanji | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2000)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jni |
| Glottolog | janj1240[2] |
| Janji | |
|---|---|
| Person | Ujanji |
| People | Ajanji |
| Language | Tijanji |
Janji is a Kainji language of Nigeria.
Numerals
Janji has, or had, a duodecimal number system.[3]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A (10) | B (11) | 1012 (12) |
| -nde, dingke | -re | -taro | -naze | -chibi | -tase | -sunare | -uro | -toroai | -turo | -belum | -kurno, kirau |
gollark: That's... maybe true, amongst more politically polarized people.
gollark: Yes, you need at least two dimensions.
gollark: I think they're authcenter-ish?
gollark: I mean, mapping anything as complex as politics onto one dimension is very no.
gollark: Left/right is an oversimplification in many cases.
References
- Janji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Janji". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'
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