Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Lower Niger
Consonant system:
Number:482
Language:Ikwere
Location:Nigeria
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Lower Niger
Consonant system:
Number:483
Language:Yukuben
Alternate Name:Boritsu
Location:Nigeria (Benue-Plateau)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Yukuben-Kuteb
Consonant system:
Number:484
Language:Kuteb
Alternate Name:Zumper
Location:Nigeria (Benue-Plateau)
Population:30,000
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Yukuben-Kuteb
Other Sources:Koops, Robert and John T. Bendor-Samuel. 1974. "The Recapitulating Pronouns in Kuteb," JWAL 9, 5-16
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:Nc b d ɡ
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i e æ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels: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
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:485
Language:Kpan
Alternate Name:Eregba
Location:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
Classification: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.
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:
Nc b d ɡ cʷ x ŋ
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i ɛ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u ɔ
Nasal Vowels:ṽ all
Syllable:Nˈ
Tones:hi mid low
Noun Number:s p
Noun Classes:4
Demonstratives:2 + ref
Pronouns:
1 4 2 5 3 6
Syntax:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:486
Language:Icen
Location:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Kpan-Icen
Consonant system:
Number:487
Language:Ashuku
Location:Cameroon
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Jukun
Consonant system:
Number:488
Language:Nama
Location:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Jukun
Consonant system:
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a (ǝ)
Back Vowels:u o
Nasal Vowels: 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
Classification: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.
Other Sources:STAL
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:
cj all but ts dz kp ɡb ɾ cʷ p b ts dz s k h Nc b d ɡ
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:ʋ o
Nasal Vowels: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
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:490
Language:Jukun
Dialect:Takum
Location:EC Nigeria
Population:35,000
Classification: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.
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:
cj all but t kp ɡb h m ɾ cʷ b k h
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Nasal Vowels: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
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:491
Language:Jukun
Dialect:Jibu
Location:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
Population:35,000
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Jukun
Other Sources:
Bradley, Virginia M. 1971. "Jibu Narrative Discourse Structure," AL 13, 1-15. Dyken, Julia van. 1974. "Jibu," in TNTS, 87-92
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:
cj cʷ
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u
Nasal Vowels: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)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Wurbo
Consonant system:
Number:493
Language:Chomo
Location:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Wurbo
Consonant system:
Number:494
Language:Jiru
Dialect:Jirru
Location:NE Nigeria (North-Eastern)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Jukunoid: Wurbo
Other Sources:WPF
Consonant system:
Pronouns:
1 4 2 5 3 6
Number:495
Language:Ogbogolo
Location:S Nigeria (Rivers)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
Consonant system:
Number:496
Language:Ogbia
Dialect:Oloibiri
Location:S Nigeria (Rivers)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
Other Sources:STAL
Consonant system:
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
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i I e ɛ
Central Vowels:ǝ a
Back Vowels:u ʋ o ɔ
Long Vowels:v̄
Nasal Vowels:ı̃ ɛ̃ ã ũ ɔ̃
Tones:hi mid low
Number:497
Language:Kugbo
Location:S Nigeria (Rivers)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
Consonant system:
Number:498
Language:Mini
Location:S Nigeria (Rivers)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
Consonant system:
Number:499
Language:Abua
Location:S Nigeria (Rivers)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta
Other Sources:STAL
Consonant system:
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
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i I e ɛ
Central Vowels:ǝ a
Back Vowels:u ʋ o ɔ
Long Vowels:v̄
Nasal Vowels:ı̃ ɛ̃ ã ũ ɔ̃
Tones:hi mid lo
Number:500
Language:Odual
Location:S Nigeria (Rivers)
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Delta Cross: Central Delta