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Hõne Language
Hõne is a Jukunoid language spoken in Gombe State and Taraba State, Nigeria. Speakers of the two dialects, Pindiga and Gwana, can only understand each other with difficulty. It belongs to the Jukun Wapan (Kororofa) language cluster. Distribution Hõne is spoken in Akko Acre ( ), known in Hebrew as Akko (, ) and in Arabic as Akka (, ), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel. The city occupies a strategic location, sitting in a natural harbour at the extremity of Haifa Bay on ..., Billiri, Shongom, and Karim-Lamido LGAs. ''Ethnologue'' (22nd ed.) lists villages as: *Futuk, Kaltanga, Kashere, Pindiga, and Tumu villages (''Pindiga'' dialect) *Andamin, Digare, Dizi, Gobirawa, Gwana, Jukon, Kasan Dare, Katagum, Konan Kuka, and Kwaya villages (''Gwana'' dialect) References Jukunoid languages Languages of Nigeria {{BenueCongo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gombe State
Gombe State (; ) is a States of Nigeria, state in North East (Nigeria), northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Borno State, Borno in the vicinity of Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa Dam, Dadin Kowa and Yobe State, Yobe in the vicinity of Gongola River, to the south by Taraba State, to the southeast by Adamawa State, and to the west by Bauchi State. Gombe, Nigeria, Gombe is the state capital of Gombe state and it was formed from a part of Bauchi State on 1 October 1996. Of the 36 states in Nigeria, Gombe is the List of Nigerian states by area, 22nd largest in area and the List of Nigerian states by population, 32nd most populous, with an estimated population of about 3.25 million as of 2016. The state bears a slogan "Jewel in the Savanna, Savannah". Geography, Geographically, the state is within the Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, tropical West Sudanian savanna ecoregion. Important geographic features include the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraba State
Taraba is a States of Nigeria, state in north-eastern Nigeria, named after the Taraba River, which traverses the southern part of the state. It is known as "Nature's Gift to the Nation". Its capital is Jalingo. The state's main Demographics of Nigeria, ethnic groups are the Fulani, Mumuye people, Mumuye, Mambilla Plateau, Mambilla, Jukun people (West Africa), Jukun, Kuteb people, Kuteb, Karimjo Wurkun, Tiv people, Tiv, Yandang people, Yandang, Ndola people, Ndola, Ichen, Jenjo people, Jenjo, Tigon language, Tigon, and Jibu. The northern part is mainly dominated by the Fulani, Wurkun, Mumuye and Sho. The southern part is dominated by the Jukun, Tiv, Chamba, Kuteb and Ichen. The central region is mainly occupied by the Fulani, Mambilla, Ndola, Tigon, Jibu, Wurbo, and Daka people. There are about 80 distinct ethnic groups and their languages in the state. History Taraba state was created out of the former Gongola State, Gongola state on 27 August 1991 by the military governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benue–Congo Languages
Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major branch of the Volta-Congo languages which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa. Subdivisions Central Nigerian (or Platoid) contains the Plateau languages, Plateau, Jukunoid languages, Jukunoid and Kainji languages, Kainji families, and Bantoid–Cross combines the Bantoid languages, Bantoid and Cross River languages, Cross River groups. Bantoid is only a collective term for every subfamily of Bantoid–Cross except Cross River, and this is no longer seen as forming a valid branch, however one of the subfamilies, Southern Bantoid, is still considered valid. It is Southern Bantoid which contains the Bantu languages, which are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa. This makes Benue–Congo one of the largest subdivisions of the Niger–Congo language family, both in number of languages, of which ''Ethnologue'' counts 976 (2017), and in speakers, numbering perhaps 350 million. Benue–Congo also includes a few minor Languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukunoid Languages
The Jukunoid languages are a branch of the Benue-Congo languages spoken by the Jukun people (West Africa), Jukun and related peoples of Nigeria and Cameroon. They are distributed mostly throughout Taraba State, Nigeria and surrounding regions. Their Wapan language, asymmetrical nasal consonants are atypical for West Africa, as can be seen in Wapan language, Wapan. External relationships Gerhardt (1983) and Güldemann (2018) suggest that Jukunoid may actually be part of the Plateau languages, as it shares similarities with various Plateau groups, especially Tarokoid languages, 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): *Jukunoid **Kuteb language, Kuteb **Central ***Kpan–Icen ****Etkywan language, Etkywan (Icen) ****Kpan language, Kpan ***Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukunoid Language
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 consonants are atypical for West Africa, as can be seen in Wapan. External relationships Gerhardt (1983) and Güldemann (2018) suggest that Jukunoid may actually be part of the Plateau languages, 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): *Jukunoid ** Kuteb **Central ***Kpan–Icen **** Etkywan (Icen) **** Kpan ***Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo ****Jukun ***** Jukun (Jukun Takum) ***** Jibu ***** Hõne ***** Wãpha ***** Jan Awei ****Kororofa ***** Wannu ***** Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukun Wapan Language
Wapan (Jukun Wapan) or Kororofa, also known as Wukari after the local town of Wukari, is a major Jukunoid language of Nigeria. Varieties Blench (2019) lists the following varieties as part of the Kororofa (Jukun Wapan) cluster: * Abinsi *Wapan proper * Hõne *Dampar (spoken at Dampar, Wukari LGA) Phonology Wapan and other Jukunoid languages are interesting in the development of asymmetrical patterns of nasal and oral consonants in West Africa West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Gha .... One could posit that voiced oral stops become nasal before nasal vowels, sometimes at the expense of having more nasal than oral vowels, which is typologically odd, or that nasal stops denasalise before oral vowels, which is typologically odd as well. Oral vowels are allowed only in sylla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akko, Nigeria
Akko is a local government area of Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in Kumo town on the A345 highway south of the state capital Gombe, about 40 km away. Kumo (headquarter) is a cosmopolitan communities of more than 30 differents tribes, ranging from the dominant Fulani tribe to Tangale, Tera, Hausa and other minorities. Kumo also serves as the second-largest in the state centre after Gombe Local Government Area, the local government area is made up of three major districts and 11 wards. Akko Local Government Area was created for the main purpose of establishing link between the people at the grassroots, state and the central government levels. Akko Local Government Area Secretariat, Kumo, Gombe state, Nigeria Akko local government area is under Gombe state, and the current governor is Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, is governing under All Progressives Congress (APC) political party. The Chairman of Akko local government is Alhaji Abubakar Usaman. Akk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billiri
Billiri (or Biliri) is one of the 11 Local Government Areas of Gombe State, Nigeria bordered to the north by Akko Local Government Area, south and east by Shongo, andnorthe-East by Kaltungo Local Government Area. It is a historical settlement of the Tangales located South of Gombe It has an area of 737 km and a population of 202,144 at the 2006 census. Apart from the Tangale language, Fulfulde and Hausa are commonly spoken The postal code of the area is 771. Most of the inhabitants of Billiri are Christians while Muslims form the largest minority. The dominant tribe is Tangale which means "Tangle". The traditional ruler of the Local Government Area is called the "Mai Tangle". The death of the Mai Tangale in 2020 brought about communal unrest in the Biliri community due to the delay in reinstating a new Mai Tangale. History The Tangale people claimed to have emerged as the settlers of Billiri from a migration journey through Borno State.They had to move from p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shongom
Shongom is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Gombe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Boh in the northern part of the Local Government Area Geography Shongom LGA occupies a total area of 922 square kilometres and has an average temperature of 31 °C. The LGA witnesses two major seasons which are the rainy season, which usually comes between the months of May and September, and the dry season which is normally between the months of October and April. Economy Trade is a critical economic activity in Shongom LG with the area hosting the expansive Lalaipido international cattle market where a variety of domestic animals are sold. Farming also blossoms in Shongom LGA with the area known for the cultivation of a number of food crops such as beans, rice, sorghum, guinea corn, and millet. Other occupations of the people of Shongom LGA include hunting, wood carving, and animal rearing. Districts and villages Bengunji; Bango, Bangunji, Bikutture, Bikwala, Bishiw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim-Lamido
Karim Lamido is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area in Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Karim Lamido at . It has an area of 6,620 km and a population of 195,844 at the 2006 census. The southern border of Karim Lamido is the Benue River and it is traversed by several tributaries of that river. The postal code of the area is 662. Karim Lamido has various ethnic groups, including Karimjo, Jenjo people, Jenjo, Bambuka, Munga, kodei, Dadiya, Bandawa, Wurkun and fulani. It contains about 11 political wards, some of which are Karim 'A', Karim 'A', Jen Ardido, Jen Kaigama, Muri A, Muri B, Muri C, etc. Climate Karim Lamido has 154.58 wet days (42.35% of the time) annually and averages 31.83°C, which is 2.37% warmer than the national average for Nigeria. See also *Materum, Nigeria *Muri, Nigeria *Karimjo, Nigeria References Local Government Areas in Taraba State {{Taraba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
