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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 proposed family of languages spoken in northern California, reaching through central-western Oregon...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Shahaptian) is a two-language branch of the hypothetical Plateau Penutian family spoken by Native American peoples in the Columbia Plateau region of Washington...
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  • The Koiarian languages /kɔɪˈɑːriən/ Koiari are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the "Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula) of New...
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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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  • Nkɔ is a Plateau language of Nigeria. Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript. v t e...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Tibetan Plateau
    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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  • 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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Iranian plateau
    The Iranian plateau or Persian plateau is a geological feature spanning parts of the Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. It makes up part...
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  • Thumbnail for Bosavi languages
    The Bosavi or Papuan Plateau languages belong to the Trans-New Guinea language family according to the classifications made by Malcolm Ross and Timothy...
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  • (Che) language, Kuce (Kuche), is a regionally important Plateau language of Nigeria. It is also known by the name of its native district in Plateau State...
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  • Horom (Rom) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. Neighbouring ethnic groups consider the Rom to be culturally part of the Ron, who are West Chadic speakers...
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    The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal...
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  • Thumbnail for Jukunoid languages
    The Jukunoid languages are a branch of the Benue-Congo languages spoken by the Jukun and related peoples of Nigeria and Cameroon. They are distributed...
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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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  • Tyap (redirect from Morwa language)
    Tyap is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria's Middle Belt, named after its prestige dialect. It is also known by its...
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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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  • Nyankpa or Yeskwa (nyankpá) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It sometimes appears in the literature as Nyenkpa, which is a dialect. The main dialects...
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  • Nghan, also known as Kamantan, is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is spoken by the Anghan people. Nghan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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