The Nupoid languages are a branch of Volta–Niger spoken in west-central

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, particularly in southeastern

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and northern

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. They include the

Nupe Nupe or NUPE may refer to: *Nupe people, of Nigeria *Nupe language, their language * Nupe River, in the Huánuco Region, Peru * Bida Emirate, also known as the Nupe Kingdom, their former state *A member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in the Uni ...

, and

Ebira The Ebira people are an ethnic-linguistic group of North central Nigeria. Most Ebira people are from Kogi State and Nasarawa State. Their language is usually classified as Nupoid and within the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language fami ...

languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid languages have 3 level tones.Blench, Roger. 2013
The 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 ***

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**Nupe–Gbagyi ***

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(Gbagyi, Gbari) ***Nupe **** Asu ****Core Nupe *****Nupe cluster ******

(Nupe–Nupe-Tako) ****** Dibo *****Gupa cluster ****** Gupa-Abawa ****** Kakanda ******

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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):

References

External links

Nupoid materials
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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 ...

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