Ron language should not be confused with Roon language.
| Ron | |
| Nativename: | Ron |
| States: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Plateau State |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Ref: | e27 |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Chadic |
| Fam3: | West |
| Fam4: | Bole–Angas |
| Fam5: | Ron (A.4) |
| Script: | Latin |
| Iso3: | cla |
| Glotto: | ronn1241 |
| Glottoname: | Ron |
| Glotto2: | mang1417 |
| Glottoname2: | Mangar |
| Dia1: | Bokkos |
| Dia2: | Mbar |
| Dia3: | Daffo-Butura |
| Dia4: | Shagawu |
| Dia5: | Maleni |
| Dia6: | Manguna |
| Dia7: | Nafunfia |
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). Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages.[1]
Blench (2019) lists these language varieties in the Ron (Run) cluster:[2]
Daffo-Mbar-Butura is spoken in Hottom, Maiduna, Hurum, Fanga, Kandik, Faram, Mandung, Mayi, and Josho villages.[3]
Manguna (Shagau) is spoken in Manguna, Mahurum, Hurti, Gwande, Dambwash and Karfa
Although modern Ron uses a decimal system, it is well attested that in the past a duodecimal counting system was used.[4]