The Shammo (''Shammɔ'') or Jere languages are spoken in north-central

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.Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. They form a subgroup within the

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.Blench, Roger. 2021.
Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria
'. A common greeting, ''Shammɔ'', is used in all of the Shammo languages.

Languages

*''Shammɔ'' languages **''Zele'' cluster ***

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(Jere) *** Boze (Buji), Panawa (Bujiyel) ** Sanga, Gusu, Moro ** Loro, Bunu (Ribina) **? Tunzu (Duguza)

References

*Gunn, H.D. 1953. ''Peoples of the Plateau Area of Northern Nigeria''. IAI, London. *Nengel, J.G. 1999. ''Precolonial African intergroup relations in the Kauru and Pengana polities of Central Nigerian Highlands, 1800-1900''. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. *Nengel, J.G. 2019. ''A history of the Boze polity of Plateau State, Nigeria''. Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria: Babcock University Press. *Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1968. ''An outline of the I-búnú noun class system''. Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, Ibadan University. *Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1975. ''The language groups in and around Benue-Plateau State''. mimeo. Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, Kano. *Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1980. Five wordlists with analyses from the Northern Jos Group of Plateau Languages. ''Afrika und Übersee'', 62:4.253-271. *Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1982a. Ten more wordlists with analyses from the Northern Jos Group of Plateau Languages. ''Afrika und Übersee'', 65:1.97-134. *Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1982b. Die Nord-Jos-Gruppe der Plateausprachen Nigerias. ''Afrika und Übersee'', 65(2):161-210. *Temple, Olive 1922. ''Notes on the Tribes, Provinces, Emirates and States of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria''. Argus Printing and Publishing Co. Cape Town. {{Kainji-lang-stub

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