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Hõne language

Hõne language

Jukunoid language of Nigeria

Hõne is a Jukunoid language spoken in Gombe State and Taraba State, Nigeria. Speakers of the two dialects, Pindiga and Gwana, can only understand each other with difficulty.[1] It belongs to the Jukun Wapan (Kororofa) language cluster.[2]

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Distribution

Hõne is spoken in Akko, Billiri, Shongom, and Karim-Lamido LGAs. Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists villages as:

  • Futuk, Kaltanga, Kashere, Pindiga, and Tumu villages (Pindiga dialect)
  • Andamin, Digare, Dizi, Gobirawa, Gwana, Jukon, Kasan Dare, Katagum, Konan Kuka, and Kwaya villages (Gwana dialect)

References

  1. [1]
    Hõne at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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