The South Plateau languages, also known as Jilic–Eggonic, are spoken in central
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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Eggon
Eggon (also Egon, Ero, or Mo Egon), erroneously referred to as Mada - formerly a Plateau language spoken in central Nigeria. It is one of the major language in Nasarawa State.
Classification
The exact classification of the Eggon language has be ...
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 additional languages,
Koro Nulu (a.k.a. Koro Ija) and
Koro Zuba (collectively known as "Ija-Zuba") are ethnically Koro. However, they have very low lexical similarity with each other (~ 7%), and Koro Zuba at least appears to be a
Nupoid language
The Nupoid languages are a branch of Volta–Niger spoken in west-central Nigeria, particularly in southeastern Niger State and northern Kogi State. They include the Nupe and Ebira languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid langua ...
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Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
References
*Blench (2008
''Prospecting proto-Plateau'' Manuscript.
External links
from Roger Blench
Plateau languages
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