Leko languages

The Leko languages are a small group of languages spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G2" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal. The Duru languages are frequently classified with the Leko languages, although their relationship remains to be demonstrated.[2]

Leko
Geographic
distribution
northern Cameroon, eastern Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo
Glottologleko1246[1]

Languages

The languages are:

Names and locations (Nigeria)

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations (in Nigeria only) from Blench (2019).[3]


LanguageDialectsAlternate spellingsOwn name for languageEndonym(s)Other names (location-based)Other names for languageExonym(s)SpeakersLocation(s)
NyongNyɔŋNyɔŋ Nyangasg. Nyɔŋvena, pl. Nyɔŋnepa (Nyongnepa)Mumbake, Mubako10,000 (SIL)Adamawa State, Mayo Belwa LGA, West of Mayo Belwa town, Bingkola and 5 other villages
PerePeremasg. Pena, pl. PerebaWom (town name)Spoken in 10 villages around Yadim: Fewer than 4,000Adamawa State, Fufore LGA
Samba LekoChamba Leko, Samba LeekoSamaSambaLeko, Suntai42,000 total (1972 SIL); 50,000 (1971 Welmers)Taraba State, Ganye, Fufore, Wukari and Takum LGAs; mainly in Cameroon
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References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sambaic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9.
  3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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