Mumuye language

E270015

The Mumuye language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Mumuye people in northeastern Nigeria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mumuye language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger-Congo language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa
classification Mumuye–Yendang branch of Niger-Congo
continent Africa
country Nigeria
ethnologueEntry Mumuye
family Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger-Congo
glottologCode mumu1245
glottologName Mumuye
hasAlternativeName Mumuye
Mumuye (Nigeria)
hasDialect Gola Mumuye
Jalingo
surface form: Jalingo Mumuye

Kpugbong Mumuye
Kwaji Mumuye
Sankwala Mumuye
Yoro Mumuye
Zing Mumuye
hasDialectCluster Mumuye dialect cluster
hasEthnicPopulation Mumuye people in northeastern Nigeria
hasLinguisticResearchOn morphology
phonology
syntax
hasNativeSpeakersIn Adamawa State
Taraba State
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant–vowel syllable structure
tonal contrasts
isAssociatedWith Mumuye culture
iso639-3Code mzm
isPartOf Mumuye–Yendang languages
surface form: Mumuye–Yendang language group
isSpokenAs native language
isUsedIn local communication in northeastern Nigeria
languageStatus regional language
linguisticTypology tone language
primaryEthnicGroup Mumuye people
region Adamawa State
Taraba State
spokenBy Mumuye people
spokenIn Nigeria
spokenInRegion northeastern Nigeria
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages
surface form: Atlantic–Congo
subgroup Mumuye–Yendang languages
Savanna languages
usedBy Mumuye people
surface form: Mumuye ethnic group
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mumuye languageSpoken Mumuye language