Tiv language

Tiv language

The Tiv language is spoken by over 6 million people in Nigeria, with a few speakers in Cameroon. Most of the Language's Nigerian speakers are found in Benue State of Nigeria. The language is also widely spoken in the Nigerian States of Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa as well as the FCT Abuja. It is part of the Southern Bantoid Tivoid family, a branch of Benue-Congo and ultimately of the Niger-Congo phylum.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tiv Ethnologue report]
* [http://www.tivnation.com More info on Tiv]
* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Tiv PanAfrican L10n page on Tiv]

The Tiv language is being spoken by about 8.9million of the nigeria population.They are great people with high integrity with natural versatile minds as well as neat people with neat eating and traditional cultural practice.they are always decent.


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