Berom language

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The Berom language is a Plateau language spoken primarily by the Berom people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, especially around Jos in Plateau State.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nigerian language
Plateau language
language
alternativeName Berom
surface form: Berom (Birom)

Birom
country Nigeria
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Berom people
glottocode bero1262
glottologName Berom
hasBiblePortionsTranslated yes
hasDialect Du dialect
Fan dialect
Foron dialect
Gyel dialect
Kuru dialect
surface form: Kuru Jenta dialect

Kuru dialect
Kwi dialect
Lobiring dialect
Riyom dialect
Ropp dialect
Turu dialect
Vwang dialect
Zawan dialect
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue
surface form: Ethnologue 26
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3Code bom
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
Plateau languages
primaryRegion Plateau State, Nigeria NERFINISHED
region around Jos
spokenBy Berom people
spokenIn Middle Belt region of Nigeria NERFINISHED
Nigeria
Plateau State NERFINISHED
spokenInLocalGovernmentArea Barkin Ladi
Jos East
Jos North
Jos South
Riyom
parts of Bassa
usedAlongside English language
Hausa language
usedIn local religious practices
oral literature
traditional songs
wordOrder SVO

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

Berom people language Berom language
Middle Belt languageDiversityIncludes Berom language