The Nupoid languages are a branch of Volta–Niger spoken in west-central Nigeria , particularly in southeastern Niger State and northern Kogi State . They include the Nupe , and Ebira languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid languages have 3 level tones.
2-460: Roger Blench (2013: 4) classifies the Nupoid languages as follows. In addition, Koro Zuba is close to Dibo. Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). The following Proto-Nupoid reconstructions are from Blench (2013). Some Proto-Nupe-Gbari crop name reconstructions are (Blench 2013): [REDACTED] This article incorporates text available under
4-509: The CC BY 3.0 license. Koro Zuba language Koro Zuba is a Nupoid language of Nigeria . It is one of several languages which go by the ethnic name Koro . However, it has very low (~ 7%) lexical similarity with Koro Nulu (a.k.a. Koro Ija), which speakers consider to be a variant of the same language (along with Jijili language ) due to ethnic identity, and instead is closest to Dibo . This article about Plateau languages
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