Mumuye–Yendang languages explained

Mumuye–Yendang
Region:	eastern Nigeria
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Savannas
Fam4:	Leko–Nimbari
Child1:	Mumuye
Child2:	Yendang
Glotto:	mumu1249
Glottorefname:	Mumuye–Yandang

The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a proposed group of Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G5" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.

• Mumuye languages
• Yendang languages

Their unity is not accepted by Güldemann (2018).^[1]

Only Mumuye and Yendang proper have more than about 5,000 speakers. Mumuye is the most widely spoken Adamawa language.

Further reading

• Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1979. A comparative study of the Mumuye dialects (Nigeria). (Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde A14). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

References

• Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)

Notes and References

1. Book: Güldemann, Tom. The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. Güldemann. Tom. De Gruyter Mouton. Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa. 2018. 978-3-11-042606-9. 10.1515/9783110421668-002. Berlin. 58-444. The World of Linguistics series. 11.