Bangwinji language explained

Bangwinji
Also Known As:Bangjinge
Nativename:Bangwinji
States:eastern Nigeria
Region:Shongom LGA, Gombe State
Speakers:6,000
Date:1992
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Waja–Kam
Fam4:Waja
Fam5:Tula languages
Iso3:bsj
Glotto:bang1348
Glottorefname:Bangwinji
Person:Báŋjìŋè
People:Báŋjìŋèb
Language:Bangwinji

Bangwinji (Bangjinge[1]) is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, eastern Nigeria. Their ethnonym is Báŋjìŋèb (pl.; sg. form: Báŋjìŋè).

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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
  2. Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.