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Mumuye–Yendang languages

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Geographicdistribution
  
eastern Nigeria

Glottolog
  
mumu1249

Subdivisions
  
MumuyeYendang

Linguistic classification
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoSavannasLeko–NimbariMumuye–Yendang

The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a group of Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G5" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.

Languages

Only Mumuye and Yandang have more than about 5,000 speakers. Blench (n.d.) classifies the languages as follows:

  • Kugama (Gengle)
  • Kumba (Sate, Yofo)
  • Mumuye: (Central) Mumuye, Pangseng, Rang
  • Yandang
  • Bali, Kpasam, Yotti
  • Teme; Yendang (incl. Kusheki), Waka

    • References

    Mumuye–Yendang languages Wikipedia
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