Ninka is a language of Kaduna State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Plateau (Ninzic).
- Type
- Language
- Belongs to
- Plateau
- Glottocode
- anin1242
Ninka is a language of Kaduna State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Plateau (Ninzic). The Atlas places it in Sanga LGA. Other names include Aninka. Speaker figures in the Atlas: fewer than 5,000. The Atlas also gives Sanga as a name for it; the name is used too of the separate Sanga language and, the Atlas notes, mistakenly of the Numbu–Gbantu–Nunku cluster, so it is not stored as an alias here. Glottolog lists it as Aninka (Ninzic).
- Aninka
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
- Glottolog language index (resourcemap) — Glottolog · link
- Glottolog languoid anin1242 — Glottolog (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) · link
How evidence is graded
- Verified: Supported by an official source, or by two or more independent sources that agree.
- Well documented: Supported by credible sources, but not yet independently confirmed.
- Reported: Found in a credible source; further corroboration is welcome.
- Needs corroboration: The evidence is thin or incomplete; more sources are being sought.
- Disputed: Credible sources or community accounts disagree; the differing accounts are noted.
- Uncertain: There is not yet enough information to classify this responsibly.
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Archive ID: LANG-NINKA · Last updated 7 October 2026.
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