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Jukunoid
Geographic distribution	Nigeria, Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid
Language codes
Glottolog	juku1257
The Jukunoid languages shown within Nigeria and Cameroon

The Jukunoid languages are a branch of the Benue-Congo languages spoken by the Jukun and related peoples of Nigeria and Cameroon. They are distributed mostly throughout Taraba State, Nigeria and surrounding regions.

Their asymmetrical nasal consonants are atypical for West Africa, as can be seen in Wapan.

External relationships

Gerhardt (1983) and Güldemann (2018) suggest that Jukunoid may actually be part of the Plateau languages, as it shares similarities with various Plateau groups, especially Tarokoid. However, Blench (2005) argues that Jukunoid is clearly separate from Plateau.

Classification

The following classification is from Glottolog; the Kororofa branch has been added from Ethnologue (Glottolog classifies the Kororofa languages as Jukun):

• Jukunoid
  • Kuteb
  • Central
    • Kpan–Icen
      • Etkywan (Icen)
      • Kpan
    • Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo
      • Jukun
        • Jukun (Jukun Takum)
        • Jibu
        • Hõne
        • Wãpha
        • Jan Awei
      • Kororofa
        • Wannu
        • Wapan
        • Jiba
      • Mbembe (Tigon)
      • Wurbo
        • Como Karim
        • Jiru
        • Shoo-Minda-Nye

Ethnologue adds the Yukubenic branch of the Plateau languages as part of a Yukubenic-Kuteb group based on Shimizu (1980), and Blench also follows this classification. Ethnologue also leaves the Wurbo language Shoo-Minda-Nye as unclassified within Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo, and includes the unclassified Benue–Congo language Tita in its place.

Lau was also recently reported by Idiatov (2017).

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).

Numerals

Comparison of numerals in individual languages:

See also

• List of Proto-Jukunoid reconstructions (Wiktionary)

Further reading

• Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1980. Comparative Jukunoid, 3 vols. (Veröffentlichungen der Institute für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie der Universität Wien 7–9. Beiträge zur Afrikanistik 5–7). Vienna: Afro-Pub.

References

1. Gerhardt, L. (1983). "The classification of Eggon: Plateau or Benue group?". Journal of West African Languages. 13 (1): 37–50.
2. Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9. S2CID 133888593.
3. Blench, Roger (2005). Is there a boundary between Plateau and Jukunoid? (PDF). Vienna Jukunoid workshop, Vienna, 19-20th, November, 2005.
4. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Jukunoid". Glottolog 3.0.
5. ^ "Jukunoid". Ethnologue. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
6. Blench, Roger (15 November 2005). "Is there a boundary between Plateau and Jukunoid?". ResearchGate. pp. 3, 5. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
7. Idiatov, Dmitry; Van de Velde, Mark; Olagunju, Tope; Andrew, Bitrus (2017). Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria (PDF). 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL). Leiden, Netherlands.
8. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
9. Welmers, William Everrett 1971. Checklist of African Language and Dialect Names. In: Current Trends in Linguistics, Vol. 7, T.A. Sebeok 759-900, The Hague, Mouton.
10. Westermann, Diedrich & M.A. Bryan, 1952. Languages of West Africa. London: International African Institute.
11. Chan, Eugene (2019). "The Niger-Congo Language Phylum". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages.

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External links

• ComparaLex, database with Jukunoid word lists

• Jukunoid languages
• Benue–Congo languages