|
South Plateau Languages
The South Plateau languages, also known as Jilic–Eggonic, are spoken in central 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, .... Eggon has 150,000 speakers and Jili (Lijili, Mijili) perhaps 100,000. Classification Jilic (Koro) and Eggonic are clearly valid groups. Their connection was proposed in Blench (2006, 2008). Two additional languages, Koro Nulu (a.k.a. Koro Ija) and Koro Zuba (collectively known as "Ija-Zuba") are ethnically Koro. However, they have very low lexical similarity with each other (~ 7%), and Koro Zuba at least appears to be a Nupoid language. Names and locations Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). References *Blench (2008''Prospecting proto-Plateau'' Manuscript. External links [...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] |
Endonym
An endonym (also known as autonym ) is a common, name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their place of origin, or their language. An exonym (also known as xenonym ) is an established, ''non-native'' name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used primarily outside the particular place inhabited by the group or linguistic community. Exonyms exist not only for historico-geographical reasons but also in consideration of difficulties when pronouncing foreign words, or from non-systematic attempts at transcribing into a different writing system. For instance, is the endonym for the country that is also known by the exonyms ''Germany'' and in English and Italian, respectively, and in Spanish and French, respectively, in Polish, and and in Finni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger State
Niger State is a state in the North Central (Nigeria), North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kaduna State and the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Capital Territory, to the north by Kebbi State and Zamfara State, and to the south by Kogi State, Kogi and Kwara State, Kwara states, while its western border makes up part of the Benin–Nigeria border, international border with Benin. It is the List of Nigerian states by area, largest States of Nigeria, state in the country by area. The state capital is Minna, and the state is divided into 25 local government areas. Other major cities include Bida, Kontagora, and Suleja. Of the 36 states of Nigeria, Niger is the List of Nigerian states by population, eleventh most populous with an estimated population of about 6.7 million as of 2020. Geographically, the state is split between the West Sudanian savanna in the east and the Guinean forest–savanna mosaic List of ecoregions in Nigeria, ecoregion in the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plateau State
Plateau is a northern states of Nigeria, Nigerian state. It is located in the north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". The state has a population of around 4.7 million people. Its capital city is Jos. Geography Boundaries Plateau State is located in the north-central zone out of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. With an area of , the state has an estimated population of about three million people. It is located between latitude 8°24' N and 10°30' N and longitude 8°32' E and 10°38' E. The state is named after the Jos Plateau, a mountainous area in the north of the state with rock formations. Bare rocks are scattered across the grasslands, which cover the plateau. The altitude ranges from around to a peak of above sea level in the Shere Hills range near Jos. Years of tin and columbite mining have left the area strewn with deep gorges and lakes. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Capital Territory
A capital district, capital region, or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located. As such, in a federal model of government, no state or territory has any political or economic advantage relative to the others because of the national capital lying within its borders. A capital territory can be a specific form of federal district. A distinction should be made between administrative divisions which include national capitals, but have no special designated status legally (for example, Île de France has no distinct quality from other regions of France). Some federal countries (like Belgium and Germany), give their national capitals the status of full, equal federal units. A few federal countries have their national capitals located in the capital city of a constituent state: Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is also the capital of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koro Ija Language
Koro may refer to: Geography *Koro Island, a Fijian island *Koro Sea, in the Pacific Ocean *Koro, Ivory Coast *Koro, Mali *Koro, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community Languages *Koro language (India), an endangered language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, India *Koro language (New Guinea) *Koro language (Vanuatu) *Koro, a variety of the Maninka language spoken in Ivory Coast Polynesian culture * 'Oro, a god in Polynesian mythology *''Koro'' (literally, "grandfather"), a term of respect in the Māori language for a male Kaumātua (tribal elder) Other uses *Kōrō, a masculine Japanese given name *KORO, a Spanish-language television station in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA *Koro (incense burner), a Japanese incense burner *Koro (disease), the syndrome in which someone believes their external genitals are retracting *Koro Wachi language, spoken in Nigeria *Musiliu Obanikoro, popularly known as ''Koro'' *Nkoroo language Nkọrọọ is an Ijaw language spoken by about 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwanga
Akwanga is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Akwanga. It has an area of 996 km and a population of 513,930 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ... of the area is 960. Languages Akwanga is predominantly occupied by the Mada language speaking people, however, lateau languagesare spoken in and around Akwanga. Plateau language groups surrounding Akwanga town, listed clockwise, are Koro, Hyamic, Ndunic, Alumic, Ninzic, Eggonic, and Jilic.Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixes and number marking in the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), ''East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs'', 107–172. Berlin: Language Science Press. Education Akwanga is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasarawa State
Nasarawa is a States of Nigeria, state in the North Central Nigeria, North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba State, Taraba and Plateau State, Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states of Benue State, Benue and Kogi State, Kogi, and to the west by the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Capital Territory. Named for the historic Nasarawa Emirate, the state was formed from the west of Plateau State on 1 October 1996. The state has thirteen Local government areas of Nigeria, local government areas namely, Nasarawa, Toto, Keffi, Karu, Kokona, Akwanga, Wamba, Nasarawa Eggon, Lafia, Obi, Awe, Doma and Keana with its capital in Lafia, located in the east of the state, while a key economic centre of the state is the Karu Urban Area—suburbs of Abuja—along the western border with the FCT. Of the 36 states of Nigeria, Nasarawa is the List of Nigerian states by area, fifteenth largest in area and List of Nigerian state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exonym
An endonym (also known as autonym ) is a common, name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their place of origin, or their language. An exonym (also known as xenonym ) is an established, ''non-native'' name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used primarily outside the particular place inhabited by the group or linguistic community. Exonyms exist not only for historico-geographical reasons but also in consideration of difficulties when pronouncing foreign words, or from non-systematic attempts at transcribing into a different writing system. For instance, is the endonym for the country that is also known by the exonyms ''Germany'' and in English and Italian, respectively, and in Spanish and French, respectively, in Polish, and and in Finni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nupoid Language
The Nupoid languages are a branch of Volta–Niger spoken in west-central Nigeria, particularly in southeastern Niger State and northern Kogi State. They include the Nupe, and Ebira languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid languages have 3 level tones.Blench, Roger. 2013The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list Languages Roger Blench (2013: 4) classifies the Nupoid languages as follows. *Nupoid **Ebira–Gade ***Ebira ***Gade **Nupe–Gbagyi ***Gwari (Gbagyi, Gbari) ***Nupe **** Asu ****Core Nupe *****Nupe cluster ******Nupe (Nupe–Nupe-Tako) ****** Dibo *****Gupa cluster ****** Gupa-Abawa ****** Kakanda ******Kami ******Kupa In addition, Koro Zuba is close to Dibo. Names and locations Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). Reconstructions The following Proto-Nupoid reconstructions are from Blench (2013). Some Proto-Nupe-Gbari crop name reconstructions are (Blench 2013) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koro Zuba Language
Koro Zuba is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ethnic name Koro. However, it has very low (~ 7%) lexical similarity with Koro Nulu (a.k.a. Koro Ija), which speakers consider to be a variant of the same language (along with Jijili language The Jijili language, ''Tanjijili'', also known as Ujijili, is a Plateau language of 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 ...) due to ethnic identity, and instead is closest to Dibo.https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/change_requests/2020/2020-032_vkz.pdf References Languages of Nigeria South Plateau languages {{plateau-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
