Bangwinji language
| Bangwinji | |
|---|---|
| Bangjinge | |
| Bangwinji | |
|  A traditional Bangwinji compound in the Muri Mountains | |
| Native to | eastern Nigeria | 
| Region | Shongom LGA, Gombe State | 
| Native speakers | (6,000 cited 1992)[1] | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bsj | 
| Glottolog | bang1348 | 
| Person | Báŋjìŋè | 
|---|---|
| People | Báŋjìŋèb | 
| Language | Bangwinji | 
Bangwinji (Bangjinge[2]) is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, eastern Nigeria. Their ethnonym is Báŋjìŋèb (pl.; sg. form: Báŋjìŋè).[3]
There are two dialects, Kaalɔ́ and Naabáŋ. Bangwinji had originally settled in Kaalɔ́ and Naabáŋ in the northern Muri Mountains, and have since moved down into the plains.[3]
References
- ^ Bangwinji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ a b Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.