South Plateau languages
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| Jilic–Eggonic | |
| Geographic distribution: | Nigeria |
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| Glottolog: | jili1242[1] |
The South Plateau languages, also known as Jilic–Eggonic, are spoken in central 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).
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Two languages or dialects, Koro-Zuba and Koro-Ija,[2] are said to be "nearly intelligible" with Jijili, but no data is available.[3]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jilic–Eggonic". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Ija-Zuba at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
- Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
External links
- Plateau materials from Roger Blench
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