Central Plateau languages
The twenty Central Plateau languages are a residual branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Tyap, or Katab, has 130 000 speakers, and the closely related Jju AKA Kaje has well over 300,000. Hyam, or Jabba, has another 100,000. Cori is famous for being one of very few languages with six tone levels, though only three are needed for writing.
Adara languageBajju peopleCori languageDangana languageDoka languageFiran languageGwara languageHyam languageIdon languageIdun languageIku languageIzere languageKagoma languageKamantan languageKatab languageKoro Wachi languageKulu languageKuturmi languageNyankpa languageRigwe languageShamang languageZhire language
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Central Plateau languages
The twenty Central Plateau languages are a residual branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Tyap, or Katab, has 130 000 speakers, and the closely related Jju AKA Kaje has well over 300,000. Hyam, or Jabba, has another 100,000. Cori is famous for being one of very few languages with six tone levels, though only three are needed for writing.
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Hyamic–Koroic–Gyongic
Irigwe–Izeric–Tyapic
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Northern Benue-Congo Plateau
Northwestern Benue-Congo Plateau
South-Central Benue-Congo Plateau
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Central Plateau
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The twenty Central Plateau lan ...... three are needed for writing.
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Central Plateau languages
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