Hõne language
| Hõne | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Gombe State and Taraba State |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1999)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | juh |
| Glottolog | hone1235 |
| ELP | Hõne |
Hõne is a Jukunoid language spoken in Gombe State and Taraba State, Nigeria. Speakers of the two dialects, Pindiga and Gwana, can only understand each other with difficulty.[1] It belongs to the Jukun Wapan (Kororofa) language cluster.[2]
Distribution
Hõne is spoken in Akko, Billiri, Shongom, and Karim-Lamido LGAs. Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists villages as:
- Futuk, Kaltanga, Kashere, Pindiga, and Tumu villages (Pindiga dialect)
- Andamin, Digare, Dizi, Gobirawa, Gwana, Jukon, Kasan Dare, Katagum, Konan Kuka, and Kwaya villages (Gwana dialect)
References
- ^ a b Hõne at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.