CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Lower Niger
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:482
LANGUAGE:Ikwere
LOCATION:Nigeria
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Lower Niger
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:483
LANGUAGE:Yukuben
ALTERNATEN:Boritsu
LOCATION:Nigeria (Benue-Plateau)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Yukuben-Kuteb
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:484
LANGUAGE:Kuteb
ALTERNATEN:Zumper
LOCATION:Nigeria (Benue-Plateau)
POPULATION:30,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Yukuben-Kuteb
OTHERSOURC:Koops, Robert and John T. Bendor-Samuel. 1974. "The Recapitulating Pronouns in Kuteb," JWAL 9, 5-16
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d ɡ č ɡ̌ f s š x m n l r
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s š x
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:Nc b d ɡ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e æ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
SYLLABLE:Nˈ
TONES:hi mid lo mid-ris lo-ris hi-fall
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3ai 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:485
LANGUAGE:Kpan
ALTERNATEN:Eregba
LOCATION:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Kpan-Icen
DICTIONARY:Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1972. The Kente Dialect of Kpan(2). Research Notes from the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages 5:1. Ibadan: Univ of Ibadan.
GRAMMAR:Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1971. The Kente Dialect of Kpan (1). Research Notes from the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages. 4. 2-3. Ibadan: Univ of Ibadan.
CONSONANTS:
p t k kp b d ɡ ɡb ts č dz ɡ̌ f s s ̌ x v z ž ɣ m n ñ ŋ r
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ kp ɡb
AFFRICATES:ts dz č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f v s z š ž x ɣ
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:
Nc b d ɡ cʷ x ŋ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u ɔ
NASALVOWEL:ṽ all
SYLLABLE:Nˈ
TONES:hi mid low
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:4
DEMONSTRAT:2 + ref
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:486
LANGUAGE:Icen
LOCATION:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Kpan-Icen
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:487
LANGUAGE:Ashuku
LOCATION:Cameroon
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Jukun
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:488
LANGUAGE:Nama
LOCATION:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Jukun
CONSONANTS:
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a (ǝ)
BACKVOWELS:u o
NASALVOWEL: Ĩ ã ũ õ
PRONOUNS:
1mf 4dmie 4dfie 4dc 4mfc 2mf 5dmfc 5mfc 3mfc 6dmfc 6mfc [c=common] 4dm & 4df have inclusive and exclusive forms.
NUMBER:489
LANGUAGE:Jukun
DIALECT:Wukari
LOCATION:EC Nigeria
POPULATION:35,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Jukun
GRAMMAR:Welmers, William E. 1968. Jukun of Wukari and Jukun of Takum. Ibadan: Institute of African Studies, Univ of Ibadan.
OTHERSOURC:STAL
CONSONANTS:
p t k (kp) b d ɡ ɡb ts dz f s h v z m n ŋ ɾ
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ (kp) ɡb
AFFRICATES:ts dz
FRICATIVES:f v s z h
NASALS:m n ŋ
VIBRANTS:ɾ
MODIFIEDCO:
cj all but ts dz kp ɡb ɾ cʷ p b ts dz s k h Nc b d ɡ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:ʋ o
NASALVOWEL:ı̃ ɛ̃ ã ʋ̃ ɔ̃
SYLLABLE:mˈ nˈ
TONES:hi mid lo hi-fall mid-fall (low-ris)
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:490
LANGUAGE:Jukun
DIALECT:Takum
LOCATION:EC Nigeria
POPULATION:35,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Jukun
GRAMMAR:Welmers, William E. 1968. Jukun of Wukari and Jukun of Takum. Ibadan: Institute of African Studies, Univ of Ibadan.
CONSONANTS:
p t k (kp) b d ɡ ɡb f s h v z m n ŋ ɾ
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ (kp) ɡb
FRICATIVES:f v s z h
NASALS:m n ŋ
VIBRANTS:ɾ
MODIFIEDCO:
cj all but t kp ɡb h m ɾ cʷ b k h
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
NASALVOWEL:ṽ all
SYLLABLE:mˈ
TONES:hi mid lo hi-fall mid-fall (low-ris)
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:491
LANGUAGE:Jukun
DIALECT:Jibu
LOCATION:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
POPULATION:35,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Jukun
OTHERSOURC:
Bradley, Virginia M. 1971. "Jibu Narrative Discourse Structure," AL 13, 1-15. Dyken, Julia van. 1974. "Jibu," in TNTS, 87-92
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d ɡ (ɡ̌) f s š (h) v z ž m n ŋ (l) ɾ
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ
AFFRICATES:(ɡ̌)
FRICATIVES:f v s z š ž (h)
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:(l)
VIBRANTS:ɾ
MODIFIEDCO:
cj cʷ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u
NASALVOWEL:ṽ
DIPHTHONGS:ai au
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C) Nˈ
TONES:hi mid low
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO AN N-NUM N-POSS
NUMBER:492
LANGUAGE:Bandawa
LOCATION:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Wurbo
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:493
LANGUAGE:Chomo
LOCATION:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Wurbo
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:494
LANGUAGE:Jiru
DIALECT:Jirru
LOCATION:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Wurbo
OTHERSOURC:WPF
CONSONANTS:
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
NUMBER:495
LANGUAGE:Ogbogolo
LOCATION:S Nigeria (Rivers)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:496
LANGUAGE:Ogbia
DIALECT:Oloibiri
LOCATION:S Nigeria (Rivers)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
OTHERSOURC:STAL
CONSONANTS:
p t k kp b ɓ d ɗ ɡ ɡb f s β v z m n ñ ŋ l r
STOPS:p b ɓ t d ɗ k ɡ kp ɡb
FRICATIVES:β f v s z
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i I e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u ʋ o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄
NASALVOWEL:ı̃ ɛ̃ ã ũ ɔ̃
TONES:hi mid low
NUMBER:497
LANGUAGE:Kugbo
LOCATION:S Nigeria (Rivers)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:498
LANGUAGE:Mini
LOCATION:S Nigeria (Rivers)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:499
LANGUAGE:Abua
LOCATION:S Nigeria (Rivers)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
OTHERSOURC:STAL
CONSONANTS:
p t k kp b ɓ d ɗ ɡ ɡb f s β v z ɣ m n ñ ŋ ŋm l r
STOPS:p b ɓ t d ɗ k ɡ kp ɡb
FRICATIVES:β f v s z ɣ
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ ŋm
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i I e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u ʋ o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄
NASALVOWEL:ı̃ ɛ̃ ã ũ ɔ̃
TONES:hi mid lo
NUMBER:500
LANGUAGE:Odual
LOCATION:S Nigeria (Rivers)
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta