Mumuye–Yendang languages

Mumuye–Yendang languages
Mumuye–Yendang
Geographic
distribution:		 eastern Nigeria
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo
Subdivisions:
Mumuye
Yendang

The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a group of Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G5" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.

Languages

Only Mumuye and Yandang have more than about 5,000 speakers.

  • Mumuye: Gengle, Kumba, Mumuye, Pangseng, Rang, Teme, Waka
  • Yandang: Bali, Kugama, Kpasam, Yendang



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