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Somyev language

Index Somyev language

Somyev (Somyewe), also known as Kila ("blacksmith" in Fulfulde), is a nearly extinct Mambiloid language of two villages, one in Nigeria and one in Cameroon, that is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths that live among the Mambila. [1]

8 relations: Atlantic–Congo languages, Benue–Congo languages, Blacksmiths of western Africa, Cameroon, Fula language, Mambila language, Mambiloid languages, Nigeria.

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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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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Blacksmiths of western Africa

Blacksmiths emerged in West Africa around 1500 BCE.

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Cameroon

No description.

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Fula language

Fula Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh, also known as Fulani or Fulah (Fula: Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; Peul), is a language spoken as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 20 countries in West and Central Africa.

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Mambila language

Mambila is a dialect chain stretching across Nigeria and Cameroon.

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Mambiloid languages

The twelve Mambiloid languages are a branch of Benue–Congo languages spoken by the Mambila and related people in Nigeria and Cameroon.

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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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Redirects here:

ISO 639:kgt, Kila language, Somyewe language.

References

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

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