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]