Belnəng language

Belnəng
Belnəng
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Native speakers	500 (2017)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Angas (A.3) Belnəng; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	beln1234

Belnəng is a West Chadic language of Plateau State, Nigeria closely related to Angas. It was discovered by Roger Blench in 2016. It is spoken by about 500 people in the single village of Langung, which is surrounded by Tal villages in the east and Miship villages in the west (Blench 2017).^[1] It is documented in Blench & Bulkaam (2019).^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.
^ Blench, Roger & Michael Bulkaam. 2019. "Belnəng, an undocumented Chadic language of Central Nigeria." Manuscript. Jos.

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[Blench2017-1] Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.

[2] Blench, Roger & Michael Bulkaam. 2019. "Belnəng, an undocumented Chadic language of Central Nigeria." Manuscript. Jos.

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