Northern_Bantoid_languages

Northern Bantoid languages

Northern Bantoid languages

Branch of the Bantoid family of Niger–Congo languages

Northern Bantoid (or North Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid languages. It consists of the Mambiloid, Dakoid, and Tikar languages of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon.

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History

A proposal that divided Bantoid into North and South Bantoid was introduced by Williamson.[1][2]

Blench argues for the unity of North Bantoid by citing phonological, lexical, and morphological evidence.[3]

Internal classification

Blench classifies these languages as North Bantoid.[3]

Language contact

Dakoid languages have had long-term contact with Adamawa languages, while the Tikar language shares many similarities with the Bafia languages (also known as the A50 Bantu languages).[3]

Maps

Numerals

Comparison of numerals in individual languages:[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Williamson, Kay (1989) 'Niger–Congo Overview'. In: The Niger–Congo languages, ed. by John Bendor-Samuel, 3—45. University Press of America.
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger [1987] 'A new classification of Bantoid languages.' Unpublished paper presented at 17th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden.
  3. [3]
    Blench, Roger. The North Bantoid hypothesis.
  4. [4]
    Chan, Eugene (2019). "The Niger-Congo Language Phylum". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages.
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