Shall-Zwall is a small
dialect cluster
A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or iso ...
of
Plateau languages
The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria.
Berom and Eggon have the most speaker ...
in
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, ...
. Blench (2023) classifies Shall-Zwall as a
Tarokoid language.
[Blench, Roger. 2023. ]
The Pe language of Central Nigeria and its affinities
'. Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
References
External links
Shall-Zwall wordlist
Tarokoid languages
Languages of Nigeria
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