Miler is a
West Chadic A3 language spoken in
Pankshin
Pankshin is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town of Pankshin.
It has an area of 1,524 km and a population of 191,685 at the 2006 However, some of the native inhabitants are widely found in neigh ...
LGA,
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". Th ...
,
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, ...
. It is spoken by about 1,000 people in three villages, which are within two small enclaves that are completely surrounded by
Miship-speaking villages.
[Blench, Roger (2022). ]
Contact between West Chadic and Plateau languages: new evidence languages: new evidence
'. 11-12 November 2022, presentation given at Universität Wien. It was first documented by
Roger Blench
Roger Marsh Blench (born August 1, 1953) is a British linguist, ethnomusicologist and development anthropologist. He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is based in Cambridge, England. He researches, publishes, and work ...
in 2022.
[Blench, Roger. 2022. "Miler, an undocumented Chadic language of Central Nigeria." Manuscript. Jos, Nigeria.]
Belnang and
Tal are spoken just to the east in
Shendam
Shendam is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Shendam. It is bordered by Ibi Taraba State to the south, Qua'an Pan to the east, Pankshin to the north, and Mikang to the west. Shendam town is ...
LGA, Plateau State.
[Blench, Roger & Michael Bulkaam. 2019.]
Belnəng, an undocumented Chadic language of Central Nigeria
" Manuscript. Jos, Nigeria.
References
West Chadic languages
Languages of Nigeria
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