Numana language

(Redirected from Gbantu language)

Numana is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria.

Numana
Native toNigeria
Native speakers
50,000, including Nunku (2008)[1]
Dialects
  • Gbantu (Gwantu)
  • Ningye
  • Numbu
  • Janda
Language codes
ISO 639-3nbr
Glottolognuma1252
ELPNingye

Varieties edit

There are four principal dialects:[2]

  • Gbantu
  • Numbu
  • Ningye
  • Janda

Nunku had previously been counted as Numana, due to geographic proximity, but is actually a dialect of Mada.

References edit

  1. ^ Numana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ [1]