The Mumuye languages are a group of Adamawa languages spoken in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria.
Languages The classification below follows Shimizu (1979).
Mumuye Mumuye proper: Northeast Mumuye, Southwest Mumuye Rang Mumuye: Rang Pangseng Mumuye: Pangseng, Komo, Jega, etc.
Mumuye is the most widely spoken Adamawa language.
Names and locations Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Language Branch Cluster Dialects Alternate spellings Own name for language Endonym(s) Other names (location-based) Other names for language Exonym(s) Speakers Location(s) Notes Mumuye cluster Mumuye Mumuye 103,000 (1952); 400,000 (1980 UBS) Taraba State, Jalingo, Zing, Yorro and Mayo Belwa LGAs North–Eastern Mumuye Mumuye Mumuye Bajama (Gnoore) and Jeng, Zing (Zinna, Zeng) and Mang, Kwaji and Meeka, Yaa, also Yakoko (according to Meek) Zing group Taraba State, Zing, Yorro and Mayo Belwa LGAs South–Western Mumuye Mumuye Mumuye Monkin group: Kugong, Shaari, Sagbee; Kpugbong group: Kasaa, Yɔrɔ, Lankoviri (Lankavirĩ), Saawa, Nyaaja, and Jaalingo Taraba State, Jalingo LGA Pangseng Mumuye Pangseng, Komo, Jega Taraba State, Karim Lamido LGA Rang Mumuye Taraba State, Zing LGA
See also Proto-Mumuye reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1979. A comparative study of the Mumuye dialects (Nigeria). (Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde A14). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.