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Takum
Takum is a Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is the town of Takum, it was created out of Wukari local government in June 1976. Takum borders the Republic of Cameroon in the south, Ussa Local Government to the west, Donga Local Government to the north, District within Takum are Angwan Dutse, Angwa Abuja, Tikari, Fadama, Gahwetun, Akenten, Acha Nyim, Chanchanji (Peva), Sufa, Shimta, Kufi, Muji, Akenten, Lufu, Kashimbilla, Kpaasan, Likam, Bete, Malumshe, Jidu, Tampwa, Dumse, Nyayirim, Liji, Shibong Igbang, Barki Lissa, Acha Sarka, Sabon Gida Yukuben etc. Major tribes are the Kuteb, Ichen, Kpanzon, Tiv, Chamba, Uhumkhigi and Hausa. Takum is under the Traditional leadership of the ''Ukwe Takum'' dating back to the 16th century. The postal code of the area is 671. Geography Located adjacent to the montane borderland between Nigeria and Cameroon, Takum spans an area of 2,503 km with a population of 135,349 at the 2006 censu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kuteb People
Genesis sanda from Takum LGA taraba state The 'Kuteb' (or Kutep) people are an ethno-linguistic group in West Africa, who speak Kuteb, a Jukunoid language. Most of the Kuteb people reside in Taraba State, Nigeria. Genesis sanda According to tradition the Kuteb migrated from Egypt about 1000 AD, eventually reaching their present location around 1510. The Kuteb people are made of the following clans which is believed to be Children of Kuteb; Lumbu, Ticwo, Rufu, Askaen, Bika (Zwika), Ticwo, Rubur, Tswaen, Acha, Likam, Cwumam, and the Rucwu. Traditionally they engaged in farming, hunting and fishing in the fertile lands of the Benue River basin. The people worshiped family idols, but also believed in a supreme being who created the world and brings health, rain and the harvest. They were ruled by a paramount priest king, the Kwe Kukwen, selected by a council of elders representing the different Kuteb clans. A 2007 report estimated the number of Kuteb people as approximately 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Tiv People
Tiv (or Tiiv) are a Bantu ethnic group. They constitute approximately 2.4% of Nigeria's total population, and number over 5 million individuals throughout Nigeria and Cameroon. The Tiv language is spoken by over 5 million people in Nigeria, with a few speakers in Cameroon. Most of the language's Nigerian speakers are found in Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Plateau, Cross River, Adamawa, Kaduna, Niger, Kogi and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The language is a branch of Benue–Congo and ultimately of the Niger–Congo phylum. In pre-colonial times, the Fulani ethnic group referred to the Tiv as "Munchi" (also sometimes written Munshi e.g. Duggan, E. de C. 1932), a term not accepted by the Tiv people. History The Tiv believe they moved into their present location from the southeast of Africa. It is claimed that the Tiv left their Bantu kin and wandered through southern, south-central and west-central Africa before returning to the savannah lands of West African Sudan vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tiv Language
Tiv is a Tivoid language spoken in some states in North Central Nigeria, with some speakers in Cameroon. It had over 5.2 million speakers in 2024. The largest population of Tiv speakers are found in Benue state in Nigeria. The language is also widely spoken in some Nigerian states namely, Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa, Cross River, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Abuja. It is by far the largest of the Tivoid languages, a group of languages belonging to the Southern Bantoid languages. History and classification The first reference to the Tiv language (''dzwa Tiv'') was made by Sigismund Koelle (1854) from liberated slaves from Sierra Leone. Johnston Harry H (1919) classified it as a peculiar language among the Semi-Bantu languages, and Talbot P. Amaury (1926) concurred. Roy Clive Abraham (1933), who has made the most complete linguistic study of Tiv, classifies it as Bantu, stating that its vocabulary is more similar to the East African Nyanza group of Bantu languages than to Eko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 Wukari is a Local Government Area in Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Wukari on the A4 highway. The Donga River flows through the area and the Benue River forms a boundary with Nasarawa State to the northwest. It has ... LGAs. References Jukunoid languages Languages of Nigeria {{BenueCongo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kuteb Language
Kuteb (also known as ''Kutep'') also known as Ati, Kutev, Mbarike is a Nigerian ethnic language. The Kuteb people mostly live in the southern part of Taraba state in Nigeria, with a thousand-or-so speakers across the border in Cameroon. In Nigeria, it is spoken mostly in Takum and Ussa LGAs, and Yangtu SDA Taraba State. Phonology In Kuteb, there are 27 consonant phonemes, 12 vowels, and five tones.Blench, Roger''Kuteb grammar'' p. 19 Vowels In Kuteb, there are two different sets of vowels, oral, and nasal. Phonemically, each set has six different vowels. In total, there are 12 separate phonemes. The status of ''ɨ'' being a phoneme in Kuteb is uncertain. This phoneme only occurs in closed syllables, some noun prefixes, and in verbal reduplication where there is neutralization of ''u'' and ''i''. Consonants Kuteb has 27 different consonant phonemes. The italicized entries are found in common loan words, or, in the case of /v/ and /z/, subdialectical variation. Like most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Acha Language
Acha or ACHA may refer to: *Acha, Coll, Scottish village *Acha (doll), a character in Namco's 1986 arcade game, ''Toy Pop'' *Acha (name), list of people with the name *Acha Mountain Fortress, an earthen fortress *General Acha, town in La Pampa Province, Argentina *American College Health Association *American Collegiate Hockey Association *A name for ''Digitaria exilis'', a grass, a species of fonio *Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis, a scientific journal See also *Acha Dhin, 2015 Malayalam film {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
