Tivoid languages
Subfamily of the Southern Bantoid languages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tivoid languages are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The subfamily takes its name after Tiv, the most spoken language in the group.
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Tivoid | |
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Geographic distribution | Southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
Proto-language | Proto-Tivoid |
Glottolog | tivo1239 |
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The majority are threatened with extinction. The largest of these languages by far is the Tiv language for which the group is named; it had 2 million speakers in 1991. The second largest is the Bitare language; it had 110,000 speakers in 2000. Most apart from Tiv are extremely poorly known, and the next best, Esimbi, has not even been demonstrated to be Tivoid.