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nupe language wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 demographics 2 classification 3 phonology 4 proverbs 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents nupe language 16 languages brezhoneg cymraeg deutsch français galego hausa igbo igala 한국어 nupe occitan piemontèis português simple english українська yorùbá edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikifunctions wiktionary wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia nigerian language nupe نࣸࢤٜ native to nigeria region niger state kwara state kogi state nasarawa state federal capital territory nigeria ethnicity nupe native speakers l1 1 8 million 2020 1 l2 200 000 1999 language family niger congo atlantic congo volta niger noi nupoid nupe gbagyi nupe languages core nupe nupe cluster nupe dialects nupe tako bassa nge writing system latin ajami 2 language codes iso 639 3 nup glottolog nupe1254 nupe also known as anufe nyinfe nupenci in hausa and tapa in yoruba 3 is a volta niger language of the nupoid branch 4 primarily spoken by the nupe people of the north central region of nigeria its geographical distribution stretches and maintains pre eminence in niger state as well as kwara kogi nasarawa and the federal capital territory 5 nupe is closely related to kakanda in structure and vocabulary there are at least two markedly different dialects of nupe nupe central and nupe tako demographics edit nupe is the language spoken by the nupe people 6 who reside mainly in niger state in nigeria occupying a lowland of about 18 000 square kilometers in the niger basin mostly north of the river between the kontagora and guara confluents from kainji to below baro and also kwara state kogi state and the federal capital territory nupe is spoken mainly in bida niger state and surrounding areas it is also spoken in villages on the benue river near ibi and east of lafia nupe has assimilated earlier ethnolinguistic groups such as the benu of kutigi who originally were kanuri speaking and the gbagyi at lemu 3 nupe tako the nupe below also called bassa nge is spoken by the bassa nge who also speak the bassa nge or bassa nupe dialect of basa benue and is lexically most closely related to central nupe 3 classification edit the nupe language belongs to the nupoid branch of the benue congo group of languages other languages in the group are igbira ebira gade and kakanda nupe is related most closely to kakanda in structure and vocabulary there are at least two markedly different dialects nupe central and nupe tako 7 phonology edit vowels front back close i ĩ u ũ mid e o open a ã consonants labial alveolar postalveolar palatal velar labial velar glottal stop voiceless p t k k͡p kp voiced b d ɡ ɡ͡b gb affricate voiceless t͡s ts t͡ʃ c voiced d͡z dz d͡ʒ j fricative voiceless f s ʃ sh h voiced v z ʒ zh nasal m n approximant l j y w trill r r indication of tones high tone acute low tone grave mid tone unmarked falling tone ˆ circumflex or ˇ caron rising tone ˇ caron or ˆ circumflex proverbs edit common sayings come in the forms of egankogi parable gangba warning egancin idiom ecingi riddle tales and eganmagan proverb 8 clarification needed eganmagan proverb plural eganmaganzhi are wise sayings spoken among the nupes they are didactic proverbs which educate entertain and teach morality they form part of the oral culture on norms and ethics of nupe societies and are passed from one generation to another through songs stories fables folk tales myths legends incantations communal discussions and worship citation needed similar to other african proverbs nupe proverbs associate or relate people s action to their immediate environment in order to explain or correct particular situations norms issues or problems they also enlighten warn and advise or teach language in order to change perception which is believed to become reality citation needed references edit nupe at ethnologue 25th ed 2022 roger blench oral literature genres of the nupe of central nigeria pages 5 6 1 2 3 blench roger 2013 the nupoid languages of west central nigeria overview and comparative word list hammarström harald forkel robert haspelmath martin eds nupe nupe tako glottolog jena germany max planck institute for the science of human history omotolani 2021 08 17 discovering the nupe people pulse nigeria retrieved 2022 06 01 abdullahi ndagi 2018 nupe the origin 5th ed bida kinnupe publishers p 1 isbn 978 978 36187 0 1 nupe encyclopedia com www encyclopedia com retrieved 2022 06 01 ibrahim isyaku bala 2009 eganmaganzhi nupe nupe proverbs over a thousand 1000 proverbs minna gandzo enterprises external links edit nupe edition of wikipedia the free encyclopedia panafril10n page on nupe takada nya aduwa nya eza kama kendona zizi nya anglican church yi na portions of the book of common prayer in nupe 1955 digitized by richard mammana authority control databases national israel v t e languages of nigeria official languages english national languages hausa igbo yoruba recognised languages berom ebira edo efik ibibio fulfulde gbagyi idoma igala ijaw isoko izere jju jukun kanuri nupe karai karai tiv tyap ukwuani urhobo indigenous languages indigenous languages grouped by nigerian state adamawa baa bacama bali bata boga bura chamba leko daba daka dong fali of mubi ga anda gaa gude gudu holma huba hwana hya kamwe kanakuru kirya konzəl kofa koma kpasam kugama kumba lamang longuda margi margi south mumuye ngwaba nyong nzanyi psikyɛ sukur taram teme tso vere waja wom yendang zizilivakan akwa ibom anaang ekit ibibio obolo oron bauchi ɓeele bole bure ciwogai dass dazawa deno dikaka dulbu galambu gera geruma giiwo guruntum jalaa jarawa jimi karekare kariya kir balar kubi kushi kusur myet kutto kwaami labir longuda mangas mburku miya pa a piya polci shiki siri tso warji zangwal zumbun bayelsa izon epie urhobo isoko southeast ijo benue eggon igede borno afade bura cibak cineni dghwede glavda gude guduf gava gvoko jara jilbe kamwe kanakuru lamang maaka mafa margi margi south nggwahyi putai tera wandala yedina cross river abanyom efik mbe mbembe delta urhobo isoko ika izon isoko ukwuani uhrobo edo afenmai ishan bini gombe awak bangwinji bole dadiya jara kamo ngamo pero tangale tera tula waja jigawa bade teshenawa kaduna adara ahwai anib atsam ayu berom bu ninkada bina bishi cori doka dungu duya ekhwa gbagyi gbari gwandara gyong hasha hausa hyam ikulu jju kaivi kinuku koonu kuzamani mada mala nghan nikyob nindem ninzo numana nungu nyankpa ruma sambe sha shamang t kurmi timap tiseni tivori toro tugbiri niragu tumi tyap fantswam gworog sholyio takad tyap mabatado tyecharak tyuku vono wachi zhire kano ɗuwai hausa tikurmi kebbi cipu damakawa hun saare kogi basa benue bassa nge igala nupe oworo kwara kakanda kupa nupe nasarawa ake alumu basa benue duhwa eggon hasha jili toro niger asu bariba cipu gbagyi gwandara jijili kakanda nupe pongu ondo itsekiri izon ukaan plateau barkul berom bogghom bole cakfem mushere dass fyam fyer goemai horom izere jorto koenoem kofyar kulere miship montol mundat mwaghavul ngas pe pyapun rigwe ron sha sur tal tambas tarok tyap takad yankam yiwom rivers abua baan biseni defaka degema ekpeye eleme engenni gokana ijaw ikwerre kalabari khana kugbo nkoroo o chi chi obolo obulom odual ogba ogbogolo ogbronuagum ogoni okodia oruma tee ukwuani aboh ndoni taraba baissa fali bete buru dadiya donga kholok kpati laka lufu mumuye nyam nyingwom pangseng rang tarok waja waka yendang yoti yobe bade bole ɗuwai karekare ngamo ngizim sign languages nigerian sign language bura sign language hausa sign language scripts pan nigerian alphabet nigerian braille medefaidrin v t e volta niger languages ayere ahan ayere ahan gbe aja alada ayizo ewe fon gbesi gen gun tɔli tofin pherá phla saxwe igboid ekpeye ezaa igbo ika ikwerre ikwo izii mgbo ogba yoruboid ede igala itsekiri yoruba edoid delta degema engenni epie north central afenmai edo enwan esan ghotuo igwe ikhin ikpeshi ivbiosakon okpela ososo sasaru uneme northwestern akuku ehueun iyayu okpamheri oloma nw okpe uhami ukue southwestern eruwa isoko sw okpe urhobo uvbie nupoid asu bassa nge dibo ebira gade gupa abawa gwari kakanda kami koro zuba kupa nupe idomoid agatu alago etulo idoma igede yace akpa yala others akpes akoko oko ukaan retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title nupe_language oldid 1364751995 categories languages of nigeria nupoid languages nupe hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata language articles citing ethnologue 25 articles containing nupe nupe tako language text wikipedia articles needing clarification from july 2017 all articles with unsourced statements articles with unsourced statements from july 2017 articles with unsourced statements from june 2022 this page was last edited on 18 july 2026 at 09 06 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search toggle the table of contents nupe language 16 languages add topic
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