Ninzic languages

Ninzic
Plateau IV
Geographic distribution:	Nigeria
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Ninzic
Subdivisions:	—

The dozen or so Ninzic languages are a branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Mada and Ce have 100 000 speakers apiece.

Classification

There is little data on the Ninzic languages, and it is not clear that all of the following languages are related. Blench (2008) lists the following languages, twice as many as Greenberg 1963 ("Plateau IV"). They are not subclassified apart from a few obvious dialect clusters.

Ce (Che, Rukuba), Ninzo (Ninzam), Mada, Nikyop (Kaninkwom)–Nindem, Kanufi (Anib), Gwantu (Gbantu), Kwanka (Bijim), Bu-Ninkada (Bu), Ningye, Nungu, Ninka, Gbətsu, Nkɔ

and perhaps Ayu.

References

• Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.

External links

• Plateau materials from Roger Blench