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Iyive

Evidence: Multiple sources

Iyive (Uive, Yiive) is a small Tivoid language spoken near Turan in Kwande LGA of Benue State and in Cameroon. Its ISO 639-3 code is uiv.

Key facts
Type
Language
Belongs to
Tivoid
ISO 639-3
uiv
Glottocode
iyiv1238
Overview

Wikipedia describes it as severely endangered and notes that many of its Cameroonian speakers had moved to Nigeria because of a conflict.

Connections
Other names
  • Uive · alternative
    Also Yiive, Ndir; Asumbo in Cameroon (Blench's Atlas; Wikipedia).
Sources
  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: Iyive: Benue State, Kwande LGA, near Turan; and in Cameroon; Tivoid
  2. Glottolog 5.3 — languoid catalogue — Glottolog (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Iyive iyiv1238, ISO uiv, Tivoid
  3. Iyive language — Wikipedia · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Tivoid language of Nigeria and Cameroon

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

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