🇳🇬 Branch

Jukunoid

Evidence: Multiple sources

Jukunoid is a group of languages within the Benue–Congo branch of Niger–Congo, named after the Jukun. In Benue State it includes Wannu, spoken at Abinsi, and probably Nyifon.

Key facts
Type
Branch
Dialects & varieties (2)
Sources
  1. Glottolog 5.3 — languoid catalogue — Glottolog (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Jukunoid (juku1257) within Benue-Congo; Wannu and Nyifon (as a dialect of Wapan) within it
  2. 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: Jukun and Kororofa clusters: Benue-Congo: Jukunoid; Nyifon 'said to be Jukunoid'

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

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