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
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Niger-Congo
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Volta Congo
- South Volta Congo
- Benue Congo
- West Benue Congo
- Nupoid
- West Benue Congo
- Benue Congo
- South Volta Congo
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Volta Congo
Internal classification
- Nupoid
See also
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.