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(Redirected from Bu-Ninkada language) Plateau language spoken in Nigeria Not to be confused with Buu language.
Bu-Ninkada
Jida-Abu
Native toNigeria
RegionNassarawa state
Native speakers(6,000 cited 1999)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Bu (Abu)
  • Ninkada (Jida)
Language codes
ISO 639-3jid
Glottologbuuu1244
ELPBu

Bu-Ninkada (Ibut, Abu, Jida) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. The two dialects, Bu and Ninkada, are ethnically distinct.

Bu is spoken by about 4,000 people in the four villages of Nakere, Rago, Maiganga, and Abu. It is closely related to but separate from Ningkada (Jidda).

Ningkada is spoken by about 2,000 people in the two small hamlets of Ningkada (Jidda) and Lago.

References

  1. Bu-Ninkada at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger. M. 1999. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios, 11:11:14.
Platoid languages
Jukunoid
Kainji
Kambari
Basa
Kamuku
Shiroro
Northwest
Lakes
East
Northern
Kauru
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Plateau
Tarokoid
South
Alumic
Ninzic
East
Central
Beromic
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