Alumu language

Alumu
Spoken in	Nigeria
Region	Nassarawa State
Native speakers	7000  (1999)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Alumic Alumu
Dialects	Alumu Tesu (Akpondu)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aab

Alumu (Alumu–Akpondu, Alumu–Tesu) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by approximately 7000 people in Nassarawa State, Nigeria. It has lost the nominal affix system characteristic of the Niger–Congo family.

Ethnologue reports that the two varieties, Alumu and Akpondu (Tesu), differ only in intonation.

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