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
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
*Wap ...
.
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
The five Tarokoid languages are a branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria, just north of the middle reaches of the Benue River. Tarok itself has 300,000 speakers, with Pe and Sur about 5,000 each. Yangkam is severely endangered, ...
.
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):
*
Kuteb
*Central
**Kpan–Icen:
Etkywan (Icen),
Kpan
**Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo
***Jukun:
Jukun (Jukun Takum),
Jibu,
Hõne,
Wãpha,
Jan Awei
***Kororofa:
Wannu,
Wapan
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
*Wap ...
,
Jiba
***
Mbembe (Tigon)
***Wurbo:
Como Karim,
Jiru Jiru may refer to:
*Jiru language, a language of Nigeria
*Jiru, a town in Moretna Jiru, Ethiopia
* Jiru (Han dynasty) (籍孺: "the boy Ji"), a historical figure of the early Han Empire
*Chen Jiru
Chen Jiru (; 1558–1639) was a Chinese landscape ...
,
Shoo-Minda-Nye
Shoo, Minda and Nye are the three constituent dialects of a Jukunoid language of Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is ...
''Ethnologue'' adds the
Yukubenic
The Yukubenic languages (or Oohum languages) are a branch of either the Jukunoid family or the Plateau family spoken in southeastern Nigeria. Glottolog places Yukubenic in the Plateau family. ''Ethnologue'', however, places Yukubenic in the Juku ...
branch of the
Plateau languages as part of a Yukubenic-Kuteb group
based on Shimizu (1980), and Blench also follows this classification.
''Ethnologue'' also leaves the Wurbo language
Shoo-Minda-Nye
Shoo, Minda and Nye are the three constituent dialects of a Jukunoid language of Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is ...
as unclassified within Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo, and includes the unclassified
Benue–Congo language
Tita in its place.
Lau
Lau or LAU may refer to:
People
* Lau (surname)
* Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien
* Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab
* LAU (musician): Laura Fares
Places
* Lebane ...
was also recently reported by Idiatov (2017).
[Idiatov, Dmitry, Mark Van de Velde, Tope Olagunju and Bitrus Andrew. 2017. ]
Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria
'. 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) (Leiden, Netherlands).
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Numerals
Comparison of numerals in individual languages:
See also
*
List of Proto-Jukunoid reconstructions (Wiktionary)
Further reading
*Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1980. ''Comparative Jukunoid'', 3 vols. (Veröffentlichungen der Institute für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie der Universität Wien 7–9. Beiträge zur Afrikanistik 5–7). Vienna: Afro-Pub.
References
External links
ComparaLex database with Jukunoid word lists
{{Niger-Congo branches
Benue–Congo languages