Berom language

E68361

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Berom language canonical 21
Berom language variety 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

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
surface form: Plateau State, Nigeria
region around Jos
spokenBy Berom people
spokenIn North Central Nigeria
surface form: Middle Belt region of Nigeria

Nigeria
Plateau State
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Middle Belt languageDiversityIncludes Berom language
Berom people language Berom language
Jos, Nigeria languagesSpoken Berom language
subject surface form: Jos
Nzem Berom associatedLanguage Berom language
Jos South languageSpoken Berom language
Jos South hasEthnicLanguage Berom language
Jos North hasCommonLanguage Berom language
Jos East languageSpoken Berom language
Vwang dialect partOf Berom language
Kuru dialect subclassOf Berom language
this entity surface form: Berom language variety
Kuru dialect languageFamily Berom language
Kuru dialect partOf Berom language
Turu dialect partOf Berom language
Turu dialect hasLanguageAncestor Berom language
Gyel dialect partOfLanguage Berom language
Ropp dialect subdivisionOf Berom language
Ropp dialect hasSuperordinateLanguage Berom language
Kwi dialect partOfLanguage Berom language
Kwi dialect hasAncestorLanguage Berom language
Kwi dialect hasDialectOf Berom language