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Bali Language (Adamawa)
Bali (also known as ''Bibaali, Maya, Abaali, Ibaale'', or ''Ibaali'') is a Niger–Congo language spoken by 100,000 people () in Demsa, Adamawa, 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 .... References Languages of Nigeria Mumuye–Yendang languages {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 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 of States of Nigeria, 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demsa
Demsa is a Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria with headquarters located in Demsa. Demsa lies on the Benue River. History Demsa Local Government Area is one of the twenty one LGAs in Adamawa State and has the postal code of 642. The LGA administrative office is situated in Demsa Town and has the incumbent LGA Chairman as the head while the Chiefs are the head of the respective communities that made up the town, and the Councillors being the representatives of each wards that made up the community. Population Population is 180,251. It is inhabited by ethnic groups such as the Bachama ( Bwatiye) Batta, Yandang, Bille, Mbula, Maya, Bare and fulani. climate The rainy season in Yola is humid, oppressive, and overcast, whereas the dry season is hot and partially cloudy. Throughout the year, the temperature normally ranges from 63 °F to 103 °F, with temperatures rarely falling below 58 °F or rising over 108 °F. Demsa's high temperatures W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamawa State
Adamawa state () is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west, and Taraba to the southwest, while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon. It takes its name from the historic emirate of Adamawa, with the emirate's old capital of Yola, serving as the capital city of Adamawa state. The state is one of the most heterogeneous in Nigeria. with over 100 indigenous ethnic groups, formed in 1991, when the former Gongola state was broken up into Adamawa and Taraba states. Since its was carved out of the old Gongola State in 1991 by the General Ibrahim Badamsi Babangida military regime, Adamawa State has had 10 men, both military and civilian, controlling the levers of power, who played crucial roles in transforming the state into what it is today. Of the 36 states in Nigeria, Adamawa state is the eighth largest in area, but the thirteenth least populous with an estimated popupation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bali People
The Bali people (also known as Bibaali, Maya, Ibaale, Abaali, Ibaale or Ibaali) are the communities, numbering over 100,000 people, that settled the villages of Farabaune, Tashan Gurgu, Geidam/Tamgum, Tagombali Center, Duwo, Tamwa, Badan, Kwafara, Gidan-Rimi, Tamshe, Bali, and Bomni, located on Numan-Jalingo Highway about 20 km from Numan. Others who settled in the interior are: Janawuri, Salem (Babgye), Tagombali Dutse, Tangshi, Guri, Guri Kasuwa, Dingle, Kwabak, and Ubgo (Dingle Dutse) who speak the Bali language. Presently, Bali people are found in Demsa, Numan, Mayo Belwa Local Government areas of Adamawa State and Lau Local Government area of Taraba State. Majority of the people are agriculturalist, though there are traders, herders and civil servants among them. History Like any other ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Bali claims that they entered the Nigeria region from the east. The Bali, for example claim that they entered the Nigerian region from the Republic of Congo an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leko–Nimbari Languages
The Leko–Nimbari or Chamba–Mumuye languages are a subgroup of the old Adamawa languages family (G2, G4, G5, G12), provisionally now a branch of the Savanna languages. They are spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. *The four Leko languages include Chamba Leko Chamba Leko is one of two languages spoken by the Chamba people, the other being Chamba Daka. It is a member of the Leko branch of Savanna languages, and is spoken across the northern Nigerian–Cameroonian border. ''Chamba'' is also spelled 'S ... of the Chamba people, with about 60,000 speakers. *The dozen Duru languages include Vere, with over 100,000 speakers. *The dozen Mumuye–Yendang languages include Mumuye, with half a million speakers, and Yendang, with perhaps 100,000. * Nimbari, with only a hundred speakers, forms its own branch. References {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumuye–Yendang Languages
The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a proposed group of Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G5" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal. *Mumuye languages The Mumuye languages are a group of Adamawa languages spoken in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. Languages The classification below follows Shimizu (1979). *Mumuye ** Mumuye proper: Northeast Mumuye, Southwest Mumuye **Rang Rang may refer to: ... * Yendang languages Their unity is not accepted by Güldemann (2018). Only Mumuye and Yendang proper have more than about 5,000 speakers. Mumuye is the most widely spoken Adamawa language. Further reading *Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1979. ''A comparative study of the Mumuye dialects (Nigeria)''. (Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde A14). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. Footnotes References *Roger Blench, 2004List of Adamawa languages(ms) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mumuye-Yendang languages Leko–Nimbari languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yendang Languages
The Yendang or Maya languages are a group of Adamawa languages spoken in Adamawa State, eastern Nigeria. Languages The classification below follows Blench (2009).Blench, Roger. 2009The Maya (Yendang) languages *Maya (Yendang) **Bali, Kpasham ** Waka, Yendang (incl. Kusheki), Yoti **Teme **Gengle, Kugama, Kumba Kumba is a metropolitan city in the Meme department, Southwest Region, Western Cameroon, referred as "K-town" in local slang. Kumba is the most developed and largest city in the Meme Department and has attracted people from the local villag ... (Sate, Yofo) Names and locations Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). See also * Yendang word lists (Wiktionary) References *Roger Blench, 2004List of Adamawa languages(ms) {{DEFAULTSORT:Yendang languages Leko–Nimbari languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger–Congo Languages
Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages, Atlantic-Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups of languages that are difficult to classify. If valid, Niger-Congo would be the world's largest in terms of member languages, the third-largest in terms of speakers, and Languages of Africa, Africa's largest in terms of geographical area.Irene Thompson"Niger-Congo Language Family" "aboutworldlanguages", March 2015 It is generally considered to be the world's largest language family in terms of the number of distinct languages, just ahead of Austronesian languages, Austronesian, although this is complicated by the Dialect#Dialect or language, ambiguity about what constitutes a distinct language; the number of named Niger–Congo languages listed by ''Ethnologue'' is 1,540. If valid, it would be the third-largest lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Languages Of Nigeria
There are over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The Nigerian official language is English, the language of former colonial British Nigeria. As reported in 2003, Nigerian Pidgin was spoken as a second language by 60 million people in Nigeria. The major native languages, in terms of population, are Hausa (over 80 million when including second-language, or L2, speakers), Yoruba (over 50 million including L2 speakers), Igbo (over 30 million, including L2 speakers), Efik-Ibibio cluster (over 15 million), Fulfulde (13 million), Kanuri (8 million), Tiv (5 million), Nupe (3 million) and approx. 2 to 3 million each of Karai-Karai Kupa, Kakanda, Edo, Igala, Idoma and Izon. Nigeria's linguistic diversity is a microcosm of much of Africa as a whole, and the country contains languages from the three major African language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Niger–Congo. Nigeria also has several as-yet unclassified languages, such as Centúúm, which may represent a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
