Geographic
distribution Nigeria Glottolog jili1242 | Subdivisions Eggonic
Jilic | |
Linguistic classification Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Plateau
South Plateau | ||
The South Plateau languages, also known as Jilic–Eggonic, are spoken in central Nigeria. Eggon has 150 000 speakers, and Jili (Lijili, Mijili) perhaps 100 000.
Classification
Jilic (Koro) and Eggonic are clearly valid groups. Their connection was proposed in Blench (2006, 2008).
Two languages or dialects, Koro-Zuba and Koro-Ija, are said to be "nearly intelligible" with Jijili, but no data is available.
References
South Plateau languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA