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.
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, 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.