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Gwa language

Index Gwa language

Gwa is one of the Southern Bantoid Jarawan languages of Nigeria. [1]

10 relations: Atlantic–Congo languages, Bantu languages, Bauchi State, Benue–Congo languages, Guthrie classification of Bantu languages, Jarawan languages, Lame language, Mbam languages, Nigeria, Southern Bantoid languages.

Atlantic–Congo languages

The Atlantic–Congo languages are a major division constituting the core of the Niger–Congo language family of Africa, characterised by the noun class systems typical of the family.

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Bantu languages

The Bantu languages (English:, Proto-Bantu: */baⁿtʊ̀/) technically the Narrow Bantu languages, as opposed to "Wide Bantu", a loosely defined categorization which includes other "Bantoid" languages are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu peoples throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Bauchi State

Bauchi, usually referred to as Bauchi State to distinguish it from the city of Bauchi, is a state in northern Nigeria.

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Benue–Congo languages

Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major subdivision of the Niger–Congo language family which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Guthrie classification of Bantu languages

The 250 or so "Narrow Bantu languages" are conventionally divided up into geographic zones first proposed by Malcolm Guthrie (1967–1971).

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Jarawan languages

Jarawan is a dialect cluster that is closely related to, or perhaps a branch of, the Bantu languages.

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Lame language

Lame is a dialect cluster of the Southern Bantoid Jarawan languages of Nigeria.

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Mbam languages

The Mbam languages are a group of erstwhile zone-A Bantu languages which some lexicostatistical studies suggest are not actually Bantu, but related Southern Bantoid languages.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Southern Bantoid languages

Southern Bantoid (or South Bantoid), also known as Wide Bantu or Bin, is a branch of the Benue–Congo languages of the Niger–Congo language family.

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Redirects here:

Gwa language (Nigeria), ISO 639:gwb.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwa_language

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