Geographic
distribution Nigeria | Glottolog ninz1247 | |
Linguistic classification Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Plateau
Ninzic | ||
The dozen or so Ninzic languages are a branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Mada and Ce have 100 000 speakers apiece.
Classification
There is little data on the Ninzic languages, and it is not clear that all of the following languages are related. Blench (2008) lists the following languages, twice as many as Greenberg 1963 ("Plateau IV"). They are not subclassified apart from a few obvious dialect clusters.
Ce (Che, Rukuba), Ninzo (Ninzam), Mada, Ninkyop (Kaninkwom)–Nindem, Kanufi (Anib), Gwantu (Gbantu), Bu-Ninkada (Bu), Ningye, Nungu, Ninka, Gbətsu, Nkɔand perhaps Ayu.
References
Ninzic languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA