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Bangwinji language

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Bangwinji
Bangjinge
Bangwinji
Native toeastern Nigeria
RegionShongom LGA, Gombe State
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsj
Glottologbang1348
PersonBáŋjìŋè
PeopleBáŋjìŋèb
LanguageBangwinji

Bangwinji (Bangjinge[2]) is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, eastern Nigeria. Their ethnonym is Báŋjìŋèb (pl.; sg. form: Báŋjìŋè).[3]

There are two dialects, Kaalɔ́ and Naabáŋ. Bangwinji had originally settled in Kaalɔ́ and Naabáŋ in the northern Muri Mountains, and have since moved down into the plains.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bangwinji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ a b Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.