The dozen or so Ninzic languages are a branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria .
2-510: 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. and perhaps Ayu . Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). [REDACTED] This article incorporates text available under
4-747: The CC BY 3.0 license. This article about Plateau languages is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ayu language Ayu is a minor and endangered Plateau language of southern Kaduna State , Middle Belt Nigeria . Its subsequent classification is uncertain, but it may be one of the Ninzic languages (Blench 2008). It is not being passed on to many children. Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Ayu locations as Agamati, Amantu, Ambel, Anka, Arau, Digel, Gwade, Ikwa, Kongon, and Tayu villages in Sanga, Nigeria . This article about Plateau languages
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