| Belnəng | |
| Also Known As: | Belning |
| States: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Shendam LGA, Plateau State |
| Speakers: | 500 |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Chadic |
| Fam3: | West Chadic |
| Fam4: | Bole–Angas |
| Fam5: | Angas (A.3) |
| Iso3: | glb |
| Glotto: | beln1234 |
| Glottorefname: | Belneng |
Belnəng (Belneng, Bəlnəng, Belning, Bɨlnɨng) is a West Chadic language of Shendam LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria closely related to Angas. It is spoken by about 500 people in the single village of Langung, which is surrounded by Tal villages in the east and Miship villages in the west (Blench 2017).[1] It is documented in Blench & Bulkaam (2019).[2]
Some Belneng names of plants and animals:[2]
| Belneng name | Belneng name in IPA | English name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bәbar | bə̀bāɾ | house bat | Scotophilus spp. | |
| ɓip | ɓíp | grasscutter | Thryonomys swinderianus | |
| ɓwaar | ɓʷāːɾ | Dioscorea spp. | ||
| dashim | dàʃīm | Varanus exanthematicus | ||
| ɗiin | ɗìːn | Rousettus aegyptiacus | ||
| fwem | fʷɛḿ | Haliaeetus vocifer | ||
| goktaa | ɡɔ́ktáː | Naja melanoleuca subfulva | ||
| gwan | ɡʷàn | cocoyam | Colocasia esculenta | |
| kaap | kāːp | Papio anubis | ||
| kәn | kə̄n | buffalo | Syncerus caffer | |
| kut | kút | Crocodylus niloticus | ||
| kyek | kʲɛḱ | Hystrix cristata | ||
| lәshim | lə̀ʃìm | Panthera pardus | ||
| lututut | lútūtūt | Centropus senegalensis | ||
| mer | mɛɾ̄ | Python sebae | ||
| mfәt | ɱfə̀t | Anopheles spp. | ||
| mura | mùɾá | Canis adustus | ||
| nakwom | nàkʷɔ̄m | francolin | Francolinus spp. | |
| ngaan | ŋàːn | Naja nigricollis nigricollis | ||
| ngwanglang | ᵑɡʷàŋlàŋ | Iule spp. | ||
| njolong | ⁿʤɔ̀lɔ̀ŋ | mason wasp | Belonogaster griseus | |
| nkalәng | ᵑkàlə́ŋ | Corvus albus | ||
| nkamu | ᵑkàmù | Hyaena hyaena | ||
| nkiikii | ᵑkīːkíː | Sphodromantis phyllocrana | ||
| nlang | ⁿlāŋ | Agama agama | ||
| nwup | ⁿwūp | giant rat | Cricetomys gambianus | |
| paap | pàːp | Cephalophus rufilatus | ||
| pit | pìt | Erythrocebus patas | ||
| pupur | púpūɾ | Atelerix albiventris | ||
| shangkәn | ʃáŋkə̄n | Gekkonidae | ||
| shomgot | ʃɔ̀mɡɔ̀t | dassie | Procavia capensis | |
| shwishwen | ʃʷīʃʷɛn̄ | Dioscorea bulbifera | ||
| shwom | ʃʷɔ̀m | Numida meleagris | ||
| tanglap | tàŋlàp | Caprimulgus spp. |