Tarocoid languages

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The tarocoid languages ( Tarocoid for short ) form a sub-unit of the Platoid languages , a branch of the Benue-Congo languages , which in turn belong to the Niger-Congo .

The four tarocoid languages ​​are spoken by around 300,000 people in northeast Nigeria , with the eponymous Tarok (Yergam) comprising the vast majority of speakers.

Position of the tarocoid within the Niger-Congo

  • Niger-Congo
    • Volta Congo
      • South Volta Congo
        • Benue Congo
          • East Benue Congo
            • Platoid
              • Kainji
              • Northwest plateau
              • Central plateau
              • Southeast plateau
              • South plateau
              • Tarocoid
              • Jukunoid

Internal classification

  • Tarocoid
    • Tarok (Yergam) (300k)
    • Tapshin (5k)
    • Pai (3k)
    • Yangkam (almost †)

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: Ludwig Gerhardt: Kainji and Platoid.

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