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Eggon
Eggon may refer to: * Eggon language, a language of Nigeria * Eggon people, an ethnic group mostly based in North Central Nigeria * Egon, Nigeria, also known as Nassarawa-Eggon, a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, centred on the town of Eggon {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eggon Language
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 been in dispute and it can be said that this issue remains unresolved. Eggon was first classified by Greenberg (1963) as a Plateau language in his group 5, together with Nungu and Yeskwa. In the revision prepared by Carl Hoffman published in Hansford et al. (1976) a Benue group was set up that combined Greenberg's Plateau 5 and 7 with Jukunoid. The new subgrouping classified Eggon together with Nungu, Ake and Jidda-Abu. This concept of a Benue grouping came from the lexicostatistical studies of Shimizu (1975) who argued against the unity of Greenberg's Plateau and proposed the Benue group. However, in 1983, Gerhardt published a convincing rebuttal of Shimizu's arguments. The latest version of classification of Plateau languages in Gerha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eggon People
The Eggon (pronounced "EH-gone", also Egon, Ero, or Mo Egon, sometimes referred to as ''Mada'' or ''Madan Dutse'' meaning Hill Mada by the Hausa) are an ethnic group mostly based in North Central Nigeria (namely Nassarawa and Plateau states). Autonyms for singular: ''abegon'' single individual; plural: moa ègón people in general. They are a diverse but culturally homogenous people, numbering around 200,000 or more as of an estimate in 2016. They existed through most of their pre-colonial history as a decentralised and deeply independent society, having their own distinct culture, language and history like most minor societies in the West African Savannah. Their native language is the Eggon Language, which most Eggon People still speak today, they also speak Hausa Language the regional language of Northern/North Central Nigeria, and English after British colonisation. History Since the Eggon people were made up of different clans, tribes and houses, they didn't refer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |