Sardauna Local Government Area is located in the extreme southeast of

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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 ...

. It sits atop the

Mambilla Plateau The Mambilla Plateau is a plateau in the Taraba State of Nigeria. The Mambilla Plateau has an average elevation of about above sea level, making it the highest plateau in Nigeria. Some of its villages are situated on hills that are at least above ...

, which is dotted by other towns such as Maisamari and Nguroje. The capital of the LGA is Gembu, which is the principal town of various ethnic groups, such as Mambilla,

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, Kambu,

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and Panso. Other ethnic groups from the mainstream Nigeria and the bordering Cameroon republic such as

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and Kanuri also live there.

Climate

In contrast to the rather steamy and humid climate of most other parts of southeastern Nigeria, the climate in this part of the country (owing to its altitude) is relatively cool; most days in the dry season the temperature will reach 20-23 C and drop to 16-18 C at night, whilst in the wet season these averages fall a couple of degrees.

Languages

Sardauna is highly linguistically diverse, with about two dozen distinct local languages (mostly Fulani languages,

Jukunoid languages The Jukunoid languages are a branch of the Benue-Congo languages spoken by the Jukun and related peoples of Nigeria and Cameroon. They are distributed mostly throughout Taraba State, Nigeria and surrounding regions. Their asymmetrical nasal ...

Bantoid languages Bantoid is a major branch of the Benue–Congo language family. It consists of the Northern Bantoid languages and the Southern Bantoid languages, a division which also includes the Bantu languages that constitute the overwhelming majority and to ...

, and

Mambiloid languages The twelve Mambiloid languages are languages spoken by the Mambila and related peoples mostly in eastern Nigeria and in Cameroon. In Nigeria the largest group is Mambila (there is also a small Mambila population in Cameroon). In Cameroon the la ...

).Languages of Nigeria
(Ethnologue 22nd edition) *

Fulani language Fula ,Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh also known as Fulani or Fulah (, , ; Adlam: , , ), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 30 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stre ...

* Ambo language *

Áncá language Manta (Anta, Banta) is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. Áncá of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country ...

Batu language Batu is a Tivoid language of Nigeria. Dialects are Amanda-Afi, Kamino. Angwe was once assumed, but turns out to be a dialect of the divergent Buru language Buru or Buruese (Buru: ) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Central Maluku bran ...

Buru language Buru or Buruese (Buru: ) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Central Maluku branch. In 1991 it was spoken by approximately 45,000 Buru people who live on the Indonesian island of Buru ( id, Pulau Buru). It is also preserved in the Buru comm ...

Etkywan language Etkywan (Etekwe), or Icen (Itchen), also known as ''Kentu'' or ''Nyidu'', is a Jukunoid language of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Rep ...

Fum language Mfumte (Nfumte) is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. It is not clear if the four varieties spoken by ethnic Mfumte—Ndaktup, Kwaja, Fum and Mfumte proper—are mutually intelligible or distinct languages; ability to communicate may be e ...

Kpan language Kpan is a Jukunoid language of Taraba State, Nigeria. There are several dialects. ''Ethnologue'' (22nd ed.) lists Gayan, Gindin Dutse, Kato Bagha, Likam, Suntai, and Wukari villages, which are distributed in Sardauna, Takum, and Wukari Wukar ...

Lamnso’ language Nso (''Lamnso'', ''Lamnsɔ’'') is the Grassfields language of the Nso people of western Cameroon. A few may remain in Nigeria. It has ten major noun classes. The ISO 639-3 code is lns. Nso is spoken by over 100,000 people. Writing System Nso ...

* Lidzonka language * Limbum language *

Mambila language Mambila is a dialect chain stretching across Nigeria and Cameroon. It is one of the Mambiloid languages, a branch of Benue–Congo. Notable dialects are Barup, Bang, Dorofi, Gembu, Hainari, Kabri, Mayo Ndaga, Mbamnga, Tamien, Warwar (in Nigeria ...

Tigon Mbembe language Mbembe, or more specifically Tigon Mbembe, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon and Nigeria. Writing system The alphabet is based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages The General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages is an orthographic system ...

Mbongno language Mbongno (Bungnu), also known as Kamkam, is a Mambiloid language of Nigeria, with an unknown number of speakers in Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, ...

Mvanip language Mvanip (Mvano), or Magu, is a minor Mambiloid language of Nigeria. Despite the small number of speakers, language use is vigorous. ''Ethnologue'' classifies Mvanip as threatened. General information As of 1964, Mvanip had 800 speakers in and a ...

* Nde-Gbite language *

Ndoola language Ndoola (Ndoro) or Njoyamɛ in Cameroon is a Bantoid language of Nigeria, with several thousand speakers in Cameroon. It is either among or related to the Mambiloid languages The twelve Mambiloid languages are languages spoken by the Mambila an ...

Ndunda language Ndunda is a minor Mambiloid language of Nigeria. It was discovered by Roger Blench Roger Marsh Blench (born August 1, 1953) is a British linguist, ethnomusicologist and development anthropologist. He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the Universit ...

* Nshi language *

Somyev language Somyev (Somyewe), also known as Kila ("blacksmith" in Fulfulde), is a nearly extinct Mambiloid language of two villages, one in Nigeria and one in Cameroon, that is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths that live among the Mambila The Mambilla or Ma ...

Viti language Viti (Biti) or Vötö (Bötö), also known as Nde-Gbite, is a Narrow Grassfields language of Nigeria, spoken in the village of Antere in Taraba State ) , image_map = Nigeria - Taraba.svg , map_alt = , map_ca ...

Vute language Vute is a Mambiloid language of Cameroon and Gabon, with a thousand speakers in Nigeria. The orthography was standardized on March 9, 1979. Noted dialect clusters are eastern, central, and Doume. Phonology Consonants Consonants in Vute are n ...

Yamba language Yamba is a Grassfields language of the Northwest region of southern Cameroon, with a small number of speakers in Eastern Nigeria The Eastern Region was an administrative region in Nigeria, dating back originally from the division of the colony ...

References

Local Government Areas in Taraba State {{Taraba-geo-stub