South Plateau languages
Appearance
South Plateau | |
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Jilic–Eggonic | |
Geographic distribution | Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | jili1242 |
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).
Two languages or dialects, Koro-Ija and Koro-Zuba (collectively known as Ija-Zuba),[1] are said to be "nearly intelligible" with Jijili, but no language data exists.[2]
References
- ^ 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