Mumuye–Yendang languages

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The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a small group of closely related Adamawa languages spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mumuye–Yendang languages canonical 2
Yendang languages 2
Mumuye languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adamawa language group ⓘ
language family ⓘ
arealGrouping Central Adamawa ⓘ
areEndangered some member languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Mumuye ⓘ
Yendang ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnologueMacroArea Africa ⓘ
familyColor Niger–Congo ⓘ
glottologCode mumu1247 ⓘ
glottologName Mumuye–Yendang ⓘ
linked to: Mumuye
hasLanguage Bali ⓘ
Fali of Baissa ⓘ
Gengle ⓘ
Kpasham ⓘ
Kugama ⓘ
Kumba ⓘ
Mumuye ⓘ
Waka ⓘ
Yendang ⓘ
Yotti ⓘ
Zing ⓘ
hasSubgroup Mumuye languages ⓘ
Yendang languages ⓘ
linguisticClassificationLevel low-level branch of Adamawa ⓘ
primaryArea Benue River region ⓘ
region northeastern Nigeria ⓘ
spokenIn Adamawa State ⓘ
Gombe State ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
status minority languages in Nigeria ⓘ
subclassOf Adamawa languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature tone languages (for most member languages) ⓘ
usedBy Mumuye people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yendang ethnic groups ⓘ
wordOrder predominantly SVO (for most member languages) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (for some member languages) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mumuye language → subgroup → Mumuye–Yendang languages ⓘ
Mumuye language → isPartOf → Mumuye–Yendang language group ⓘ
linked to: Mumuye–Yendang languages
Mumuye–Yendang languages → hasSubgroup → Mumuye languages ⓘ
linked to: Mumuye–Yendang languages
Mumuye–Yendang languages → hasSubgroup → Yendang languages ⓘ
linked to: Mumuye–Yendang languages
Gola Mumuye → languageFamily → Mumuye–Yendang languages ⓘ
Mumuye–Yendang branch of Niger-Congo → hasMember → Yendang languages ⓘ
linked to: Mumuye–Yendang languages