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Kainji languages

African Language Families

The Kainji languages are a group of about 60 related languages spoken in west-central Nigeria. They may be an independent branch of Benue-Congo.

Facts
Partially Attested
Speaker Count
1,000,000 1
Estimate of about one million speakers dating from the 1990s, not a current count.
Region
West-central Nigeria 1
Proto-Language Status
Proto-Kainji reconstructed; estimated 3,000 to 4,000 years old (Blench 2012) 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kainji languages
  • Lead paragraph
    The Kainji languages are a group of about 60 related languages spoken in west-central Nigeria.
  • Speakers paragraph
    In total, there were about one million speakers of Kainji languages (1990s estimate) in Nigeria.
  • Proto-Kainji paragraph
    Proto-Kainji is estimated by Blench (2012) to be 3,000 to 4,000 years old.
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