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    The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa...
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    Plateau Penutian (also Shahapwailutan, Lepitan) is a family of languages spoken in northern California, reaching through central-western Oregon to northern...
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  • The twenty Central Plateau languages are a residual branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Tyap (or Katab) has over 200,000 speakers,...
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    Shahaptian) is a two-language branch of the Plateau Penutian family spoken by Native American peoples in the Columbia Plateau region of Washington, Oregon...
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  • The South Plateau languages, also known as Jilic–Eggonic, are spoken in central Nigeria. Eggon has 150,000 speakers and Jili (Lijili, Mijili) perhaps...
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  • fricative /ɬ/ in Rigwe, unusual among Plateau languages, suggests that there used to be West Chadic languages in the area with this phoneme. Rigwe phonology:...
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    Plateau Sign Language, or Old Plateau Sign Language, is a poorly attested, extinct sign language historically used across the Columbian Plateau. The Crow...
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  • East or Southeast Plateau are a "probable" group of three Plateau languages spoken in Nigeria. Fyam and Horom are closely related; connections to Barkul...
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    The Western Iranian languages or Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranian languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC)...
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  • is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is spoken by the people of Pyem Chiefdom with headquarters in Gindiri. Pyem is one of the indigenous languages spoken...
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    between five California language families: Maiduan languages Miwok Costanoan languages Wintuan languages Yokutsan languages That original proposal has...
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    named for the state's capital, Jos. The plateau is home to people of diverse cultures and languages. The plateau's montane grasslands, savannas, and forests...
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    language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. The language has two dialects: Hill Angas and Plain Angas. Ngas is one of the major languages in Plateau State...
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  • of Nigerian languages. Abuja, Nigeria and Dallas: Nigerian Language Development Centre, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of...
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    The Deccan is a plateau extending over an area of 422,000 km2 (163,000 sq mi) and occupies the majority of the Indian peninsula. Shaped like an inverted...
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  • Jili (Lijili) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ambiguous name Koro. Due to 19th-century slave raids, Jili...
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    (Mishalpan) Plateau tribes primarily spoke Interior Salish languages in the north and Plateau Penutian languages in the south. Chinookan languages were spoken...
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  • Numana is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. There are four principal dialects: Gbantu Numbu Ningye Janda Nunku had previously been counted...
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  • is a Plateau language of Nigeria. Iku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed...
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  • Ninkyob-Nindem (Kaningkom-Nindem) is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. Ninkyob-Nindem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
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  • Tyap (redirect from Morwa language)
    Tyap means tip. Tyap is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria's Middle Belt, named after its prestige dialect. It is...
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    The Iranian languages, also called the Iranic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken...
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    Eastern Trans-Fly (or Oriomo Plateau) languages are a small independent family of Papuan languages spoken in the Oriomo Plateau to the west of the Fly River...
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    The Tibetan Plateau, also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Qing–Zang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South...
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    languages (also known as A.3 West Chadic) are a branch of West Chadic languages spoken in Plateau State, north-central Nigeria. The Angas languages are:...
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  • is the homeland to Khasic languages. Karbi-Meghalaya plateau. 1897 Assam earthquake Dauki fault "Shillong Plateau | plateau, India". Encyclopedia Britannica...
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    of spoken languages belong to the family of Iranic languages. Turkic languages are spoken sparsely at the northern intersection of the plateau with Central...
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    and /gb/, widespread in Plateau and other Niger-Congo languages but uncommon in Chadic languages, can be found in Ron languages and in certain West Chadic...
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  • Izere is a dialect continuum of Plateau languages in Nigeria. According to Blench (2008), it is four languages, though Ethnologue does not distinguish...
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  • Ninzo is a Plateau language spoken by the Ninzo people of central Nigeria. Ninzo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) A Wordlist of Ninzo...
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