The Jukunoid languages are a branch of the Benue-Congo languages spoken by the Jukun and related peoples of

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and

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. They are distributed mostly throughout

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, Nigeria and surrounding regions. Their asymmetrical nasal consonants are atypical for

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, as can be seen in Wapan.

External relationships

Gerhardt (1983) and Güldemann (2018) suggest that Jukunoid may actually be part of the

Plateau languages The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria. Berom and Eggon have the most speakers. ...

, as it shares similarities with various Plateau groups, especially Tarokoid. However, Blench (2005) argues that Jukunoid is clearly separate from Plateau.

Classification

The following classification is from Glottolog; the Kororofa branch has been added from ''Ethnologue'' (Glottolog classifies the Kororofa languages as Jukun): * Kuteb *Central **Kpan–Icen: Etkywan (Icen), Kpan **Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo ***Jukun: Jukun (Jukun Takum), Jibu, Hõne, Wãpha, Jan Awei ***Kororofa: Wannu, Wapan, Jiba *** Mbembe (Tigon) ***Wurbo: Como Karim, Jiru,

Shoo-Minda-Nye Shoo, Minda and Nye are the three constituent dialects of a Jukunoid language of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is ...

''Ethnologue'' adds the

Yukubenic The Yukubenic languages (or Oohum languages) are a branch of either the Jukunoid family or the Plateau family spoken in southeastern Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Nai ...

branch of the

as part of a Yukubenic-Kuteb group based on Shimizu (1980), and Blench also follows this classification. ''Ethnologue'' also leaves the Wurbo language

as unclassified within Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo, and includes the unclassified Benue–Congo language Tita in its place.

Lau Lau or LAU may refer to: People * Lau (surname) * Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien * Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab * LAU (musician): Laura Fares Places * Lebane ...

was also recently reported by Idiatov (2017).Idiatov, Dmitry, Mark Van de Velde, Tope Olagunju and Bitrus Andrew. 2017.
Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria
'. 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) (Leiden, Netherlands).

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).

Numerals

Comparison of numerals in individual languages:

References

External links

ComparaLex
database with Jukunoid word lists {{Niger-Congo branches Benue–Congo languages