The Shammo (Shammɔ) or Jere languages are spoken in north-central Nigeria.[1] They form a subgroup within the East Kainji languages.[2]
| Shammo | |
|---|---|
| Jere | |
| Geographic distribution | Plateau, Bauchi, and Kaduna states, Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | boze1240 |
A common greeting, Shammɔ, is used in all of the Shammo languages.[2]
Languages edit
References edit
- ^ Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323
- ^ a b c Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
Further reading edit
- Gunn, H.D. 1953. Peoples of the Plateau Area of Northern Nigeria. IAI, London.
- Nengel, J.G. 1999. Precolonial African intergroup relations in the Kauru and Pengana polities of Central Nigerian Highlands, 1800-1900. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
- Nengel, J.G. 2019. A history of the Boze polity of Plateau State, Nigeria. Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria: Babcock University Press.
- Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1968. An outline of the I-búnú noun class system. Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, Ibadan University.
- Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1975. The language groups in and around Benue-Plateau State. mimeo. Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, Kano.
- Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1980. Five wordlists with analyses from the Northern Jos Group of Plateau Languages. Afrika und Übersee, 62:4.253-271.
- Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1982a. Ten more wordlists with analyses from the Northern Jos Group of Plateau Languages. Afrika und Übersee, 65:1.97-134.
- Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1982b. Die Nord-Jos-Gruppe der Plateausprachen Nigerias. Afrika und Übersee, 65(2):161-210.
- Temple, Olive 1922. Notes on the Tribes, Provinces, Emirates and States of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria. Argus Printing and Publishing Co. Cape Town.