Angas–Gerka languages - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Angas–Gerka languages, group A.3 of the West Chadic

West Chadic languages

The West Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. They include Hausa, the most populous Chadic language and the major language of West Africa.-Languages:...

branch of the Afro-Asiatic

Afro-Asiatic languages

The Afroasiatic languages , also known as Hamito-Semitic, constitute one of the world's largest language families, with about 375 living languages...

family, are spoken in Plateau State

Plateau State

Plateau State is the twelfth largest state of Nigeria, and is roughly located in the center of the country. It is geographically unique in Nigeria because its boundaries totally surround the Jos Plateau, having the Jos Plateau totally in its central and northern part...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

Languages

Yiwom
Yiwom language
Yiwom Gerka is a Chadic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria....

(Gerka)
Angas (Angas–Goemai)
- Angas proper: Ngas
  Ngas language
  Ngas is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Hill Angas and Plain Angas.- Further reading :* Donald A. Burquest. 1971. A Preliminary Study of Angas Phonology. Zaria: Institute of Linguistics....
  
  (Angas), Mwaghavul
  Mwaghavul language
  Mwaghavul is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Mupun and Panyam.Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language .-References:* -Further reading:...
  
  , Cakfem-Mushere
  Cakfem-Mushere language
  Cakfem-Mushere is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Kadim-Kaban and Jajura.- References :*...
  
  , Jorto
  Jorto language
  Jorto is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria....
  
  , Kofyar
  Kofyar language
  Kofyar is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Bwol, Dimmuk, Gworam, Jipal, Kofyar, Kwagallak, and Mirriam.- References :*...
  
  , Miship
  Miship language
  Miship is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Doka is a dialect.- References :*...
- Goemai: Goemai
  Goemai language
  Goemai is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Plateau state of Central Nigeria by approximately 200,000 people. Its speakers refer to themselves and their language as 'Goemai'; in older linguistic, historical and ethnographical literature the term 'Ankwe' has been used to refer to the...
  
  , Koenoem
  Koenoem language
  Koenoem is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.- References :*...
  
  , Montol
  Montol language
  Montol is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Baltap-Lalin and Montol.- References :*...
  
  , Pyapun
  Pyapun language
  Pyapun is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.- References :*...
  
  , Tal
  Tal language
  Tal is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria....

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