Mumuye–Yendang languages
| Mumuye–Yendang | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | eastern Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | mumu1249 |
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.
Their unity is not accepted by Güldemann (2018).[1]
Only Mumuye and Yendang proper have more than about 5,000 speakers. Mumuye is the most widely spoken Adamawa language.
Further reading
[edit]- Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1979. A comparative study of the Mumuye dialects (Nigeria). (Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde A14). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ 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. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9.
References
[edit]- Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)