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Yumu language (Nigeria)

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Kainji language of Nigeria
Yumu
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

Yumu is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. It is listed as a potential Kambari language by Roger Blench, however it does not have an Ethnologue nor Glottolog entry.

The village of Yumu, said to be "of obscure origin", is located on the western side of Kainji Lake in Agwara District, Niger State, adjacent to the areas of the divergent Kainji languages of Reshe, Lopa and Laru.

A 1979 linguistic survey of Nigeria, citing Rev. A. Washbrook, lists Yumu as either a dialect of Lopa or of Kambari.

References

  1. Roger Blench, 2010. The Kambari languages
  2. Gunn, Harold; Conant, F. P. (2017-02-03). Peoples of the Middle Niger Region Northern Nigeria: Western Africa. Routledge. p. 22. ISBN 9781315282275.
  3. Osaji, Bede (1979). Language Survey in Nigeria. Centre international de recherche sur le bilinguisme. p. 104.
Platoid languages
Jukunoid
Kainji
Kambari
Basa
Kamuku
Shiroro
Northwest
Lakes
East
Northern
Kauru
Shammo
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Plateau
Tarokoid
South
Alumic
Ninzic
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