Gbantu (Gwantu) is a
dialect cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
of
Plateau languages in
Nigeria. ''Gwantu'' is the name of the principal dialect; the others are Numana, Janda and Numbu.
Varieties
Blench (2019) lists the following varieties in what he calls the ''Numbu–Gbantu-Nunku–Numana'' cluster.
*Numbu
*Gbantu
*Nunku (three sub-dialects)
**Nunku (spoken in Nunku and Ungwar Mallam)
**Nunkucu (spoken in Nunkucu and Anku)
**sub-dialect spoken in Nicok (Ungwar Jatau) and Ungwan Makama villages
*Numana
References
Ninzic languages
Languages of Nigeria
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