| Ron | |
|---|---|
| Ron | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | 230,000 (2020)1 |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cla |
| Glottolog | ronn1241 Ronmang1417 Mangar |
Ron (Run; also known as Challa, Chala) is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects include Bokkos, Daffo-Mbar-Butura (incl. Mangar), Monguna/Manguna (Shagau), (20,000 speakers).1 Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages.2
Varieties
Blench (2019) lists these language varieties in the Ron (Run) cluster:3
- Bokkos
- Mbar
- Daffo–Butura
- Manguna(Shagau)
- Mangar
- Sha
- Butura
Daffo-Mbar-Butura is spoken in Hottom, Maiduna, Hurum, Fanga, Kandik, Faram, Mandung, Mayi, and Josho villages.4
Manguna (Shagau) is spoken in Manguna, Mahurum, Hurti, Gwande, Dambwash and Karfa
Curiosity
Although modern Ron uses a decimal system, it is well attested that in the past a duodecimal counting system was used.5
Notes
Notes
- Ron at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Blench, Roger M. 2003. Why reconstructing comparative Ron is so problematic. In Wolff, Ekkehard (ed.), Topics in Chadic linguistics: papers from the 1st biennial international colloquium on the Chadic language family (Leipzig, July 5-8, 2001), 21-42. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
- Dr. Uwe Seibert, Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Jos, Nigeria, March 1, 1999: Ron Numerals
References
References
- Uwe Seibert. 1998. Das ron von Daffo (Jos-Plateau, zentralnigeria): Morphologische, syntaktische und textlinguistische strukturen einer westtschadischen sprache. European University Series, Asian and African Studies 27. Berlin: Peter Lang.