Gbantu language

Gbantu
Gbantu
Gwantu
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	40,000, including Nunku (2008)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Ninzic Gbantu; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gbantu; Numana; Numbu; Janda;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nbr
Glottolog	numa1252

Gbantu (Gwantu) is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. Gwantu is the name of the principal dialect; the others are Numana, Janda and Numbu.

Varieties[]

Blench (2019) lists the following varieties in what he calls the Numbu–Gbantu-Nunku–Numana cluster.^[2]

Numbu
Gbantu
Nunku (three sub-dialects)
- Nunku (spoken in Nunku and Ungwar Mallam)
- Nunkucu (spoken in Nunkucu and Anku)
- sub-dialect spoken in Nicok (Ungwar Jatau) and Ungwan Makama villages
Numana

References[]

^ Gbantu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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[e18-1] Gbantu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[BlenchAtlas4-2] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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