Nupoid languages

The nupoid languages (or Nupoid for short ) form a subunit of the West Benue Congo , a group of the Benue Congo languages , which in turn belong to the Niger-Congo language family .

The ten or so nupoid languages ​​- apart from Igbira and Gade - are closely related to the nupe ; they are spoken by about three million people in western and central Nigeria .

Position of the nupoid within the Niger-Congo

• Niger-Congo
  • Volta Congo
    • South Volta Congo
      • Benue Congo
        • West Benue Congo
          • Nupoid

Internal classification

Nupe area bluish green on the Niger above the Benue estuary

• Nupoid
  • Nupe-Gbayi
    • Nupe
      • Nupe (1 million)
      • Kakanda (20 thousand), Kupa (20 thousand), Gupa-Abawa (15 thousand), Asu (5 thousand), Kami (5 thousand)
    • Gbagyi-Gbari
      • Gbagyi (700 thousand)
      • Gbari (300 thousand)
    • Dibo
      • Dibo (Shitako) (100k)
  • Ebira-Gade
    • Igbira ( Ebira ) (1 million)
    • Gade (60k)

See also

• West Benue Congo

literature

• Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse (eds.): African Languages. An Introduction. Cambridge University Press 2000.
  In it: Kay Williamson and Roger Blench: Niger-Congo.
• John Bendor-Samuel (Ed.): The Niger-Congo Languages: A Classification and Description of Africa's Largest Language Family. University Press of America, Lanham, New York, London 1989.
  Therein: Roger M. Blench: Nupoid.

Web links

• Ernst Kausen, The Classification of the Benue-Congo Languages ​​within the Niger-Congo. (DOC; 232 kB)