Mumuye–Yendang languages
The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a proposed group of Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G5" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.
| Mumuye–Yendang | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | eastern Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | mumu1249[1] |
Their unity is not accepted by Güldemann (2018).[2]
Only Mumuye and Yendang proper have more than about 5,000 speakers. Mumuye is the most widely spoken Adamawa language.
Further reading
- Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1979. A comparative study of the Mumuye dialects (Nigeria). (Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde A14). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
Footnotes
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mumuye–Yandang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 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.
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References
- Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)
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