Jukunoid languages
- 1 min read
- 4 chapters
Explore on Lably
ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursTheir asymmetrical nasal consonants are atypical for West Africa, as can be seen in Wapan.
External relationships
Gerhardt (1983) and Güldemann (2018) suggest that Jukunoid may actually be part of the Plateau languages, as it shares similarities with various Plateau groups, especially Tarokoid. However, Blench (2005) argues that Jukunoid is clearly separate from Plateau.
Sign in to keep reading
3 more chapters are free with a Lably account.
Classification
The following classification is from Glottolog; the Kororofa branch has been added from Ethnologue (Glottolog classifies the Kororofa languages as Jukun):
- Jukunoid
- Kuteb
- Central
- Kpan–Icen
- Etkywan (Icen)
- Kpan
- Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo
- Jukun
- Jukun (Jukun Takum)
- Jibu
- Hõne
- Wãpha
- Jan Awei
- Kororofa
- Wannu
- Wapan
- Jiba
- Mbembe (Tigon)
- Wurbo
- Como Karim
- Jiru
- Shoo-Minda-Nye
- Jukun
- Kpan–Icen
Ethnologue adds the Yukubenic branch of the Plateau languages as part of a Yukubenic-Kuteb group based on Shimizu (1980), and Blench also follows this classification. Ethnologue also leaves the Wurbo language Shoo-Minda-Nye as unclassified within Jukun–Mbembe–Wurbo, and includes the unclassified Benue–Congo language Tita in its place.
Lau was also recently reported by Idiatov (2017).
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Numerals
Comparison of numerals in individual languages: