| Ningye | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna state |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nns Deprecated, merged into Numana-Nunku-Gbantu-Numbu nbr effective 2019-01-25 |
| Glottolog | ning1271 |
| ELP | Ningye |
Ningye is a Plateau language of Nigeria.
Ningye is spoken by 3,000 to 4,000 people in Ningeshen Kurmi village, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The village is situated about 19 kilometers south of Fadan Karshi on the Akwanga road.[2]
Ethnologue considers it as a dialect of Numana-Nunku-Gbantu-Numbu.[3]
References
- ↑ Ningye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Blench, Roger. M. 1999. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios, 11:11:14.
- ↑ Numana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Sources
- Blench, Roger. 2011. The Ningye language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
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