Jarawan Bantu

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Jarawan Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu-related languages spoken primarily in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon, known for their distinctive divergence from typical Bantu linguistic patterns.

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Jarawan Bantu canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu-related language group
language subgroup
hasAlternativeName Jarawan Bantu languages
Jarawan languages
hasClassificationIssue sometimes excluded from Bantu proper in Guthrie-style classifications
hasContactInfluenceFrom Adamawa–Ubangi languages
surface form: Adamawa languages

Chadic languages
hasDocumentationStatus underdescribed
hasEndangermentStatus many member languages are endangered
hasGeographicDistribution Cameroon
Nigeria
hasHistoricalOrigin likely early offshoot of Bantu expansion
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Bantu languages
hasLinguisticFeature divergent from typical Bantu morphology
divergent from typical Bantu phonology
divergent from typical Bantu syntax
hasMemberLanguage Bankal
Bile
Duguri
Gwak
Jaku
Jarawa
Jimi (Jarawan)
Kulung (Jarawan)
Kyak (Bambuka)
Lame
Longuda
surface form: Longuda (sometimes classified)

Mbula-Bwazza
Zumbun
hasMorphologicalSimilarityWith Bantu noun class systems (partially)
hasRegion border area of Nigeria–Cameroon
Central Nigeria
surface form: central Nigeria

Eastern Nigeria
surface form: eastern Nigeria
hasResearcher Kay Williamson
Paul Newman
Roger Blench
hasTypologicalStatus peripheral Bantu-related group
hasUncertainClassification Bantu proper vs. non-Bantu Bantoid
spokenIn Adamawa State
Bauchi State
Plateau State
Taraba State
Northern Cameroons
surface form: northern Cameroon
studiedInDiscipline comparative Bantu studies
historical linguistics
subclassOf Bantoid languages
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages

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Southern Bantoid hasSubgroup Jarawan Bantu