🇳🇬 Language

Basa-Makurdi

Evidence: Single reliable source

Basa-Makurdi is a little-documented language spoken in several villages on the north bank of the Benue River, north-west of Makurdi, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages.

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  1. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Basa-Makurdi: Benue State, Makurdi LGA, several villages on the north bank of the Benue, northwest of Makurdi; no data on classification

Last updated 24 September 2026. Spotted an error or have a source to add? Tell us.

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