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Bangwinji language

Bangwinji (Bangjinge) is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, eastern Nigeria. Their ethnonym is Báŋjìŋèb.

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Bangwinji
Bangjinge
Bangwinji
A traditional Bangwinji compound in the Muri Mountains
Native toeastern Nigeria
RegionShongom LGA, Gombe State
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1992)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsj
Glottologbang1348
PersonBáŋjìŋè
PeopleBáŋjìŋèb
LanguageBangwinji

Bangwinji (Bangjinge2) is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, eastern Nigeria. Their ethnonym is Báŋjìŋèb (pl.; sg. form: Báŋjìŋè).3

There are two dialects, Kaalɔ́ and Naabáŋ. Bangwinji had originally settled in Kaalɔ́ and Naabáŋ in the northern Muri Mountains, and have since moved down into the plains.3

References

References

  1. Bangwinji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.