Nigerian Languages A-Z
The following is an alphabetical list of Nigerian languages, as they
are listed in standard reference works like the Ethnologue and the Index
of Nigerian Languages. If you don't find the name of the language you are
interested in, there are several possiblities:
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The language is not spoken in Nigeria.
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The language is spoken in Nigeria, but only by immigrants.
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The language is listed under a different name. In this case you can look
for the language in an index which also lists alternate names, dialect
names and names found in the literature.
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The language is not yet listed. In this case please send an email to the
editor
of the Ethnologue, the editors
of the Index of Nigerian Languages or to the author
of this website.
Some language names have links to individual pages on these languages.
There you will find information on the location of the language, the number
of speakers, its present classification, relevant literature, etc. As I
am still working on this website, only a few languages have such a link,
but I hope that more such links can be added with time.
The colors in the following table refer to the language families the
languages belong to. They are as follows:
| Saharan |
| Chadic |
| Semitic |
| Benue-Congo |
| Ijoid |
| Adamawa-Ubangi |
| Mande |
| West Atlantic |
| Kwa |
| Gur |
| ABANYOM |
| ABON |
| ABUA |
| ACIPA, EASTERN |
| ACIPA, WESTERN |
| ADUGE |
| AFADE |
| AGATU |
| AGOI |
| AGWAGWUNE |
| AHAN |
| AJAWA |
| AKE |
| AKITA |
| AKPA |
| AKPES |
| AKUM |
| ALAGO |
| ALEGE |
| ALUMU-TESU |
| AMBO |
| AMO |
| ANAANG |
| ANCA |
| ANGAS |
| ARABIC, SHUWA |
| ARIGIDI |
| ASHE |
| ASU |
| ATEN |
| ATSAM |
| AUYOKAWA |
| AWAK |
| AYERE |
| AYU |
| BAAN |
| BAATONUN |
| BAANGI |
| BACAMA |
| BADA |
| BADE |
| BAKPINKA |
| BALI |
| BANGWINJI |
| BASA |
| BASA-GUMNA |
| BASA-GURMANA |
| BASA-KONTAGORA |
| BATA |
| BATU |
| BAUCHI |
| BEELE |
| BEGBERE-EJAR |
| BEKWARRA |
| BENA |
| BEROM |
| BETE |
| BETE-BENDI |
| BILE |
| BINA |
| BISENI |
| BITARE |
| BOGA |
| BOGHOM |
| BOKO |
| BOKOBARU |
| BOKYI |
| BOLE |
| BO-RUKUL |
| BUKWEN |
| BUMAJI |
| BURAK |
| BURA-PABIR |
| BURE |
| BURU |
| BUSA |
| CARA |
| CHE |
| CIBAK |
| CINDA-REGI-TIYAL |
| CIWOGAI |
| CORI |
| DABA |
| DADIYA |
| DASS |
| DEFAKA |
| DEGEMA |
| DENDI |
| DENO |
| DERA |
| DGHWEDE |
| DIBO |
| DIJIM-BWILIM |
| DIRI |
| DOKA |
| DOKO-UYANGA |
| DONG |
| DULBU |
| DUNGU |
| DUWAI |
| DZODINKA |
| EBIRA |
| EBUGHU |
| EDO |
| EFAI |
| EFIK |
| EFUTOP |
| EGGON |
| EHUEUN |
| EJAGHAM |
| EKAJUK |
| EKI |
| EKIT |
| EKPEYE |
| ELEME |
| ELOYI |
| EMAI-IULEHA-ORA |
| ENGENNI |
| ENWANG |
| EPIE |
| ERUWA |
| ESAN |
| ETEBI |
| ETKYWAN |
| ETSAKO-YEKHEE |
| ETULO |
| EVANT |
| FALI |
| FAM |
| FIRAN |
| FULFULDE |
| FUM |
| FUNGWA |
| FYEM |
| FYER |
| GAA |
| GA’ANDA |
| GADE |
| GALAMBU |
| GAMO-NINGI |
| GANA |
| GBAGYI |
| GBARI |
| GBAYA, NORTHWEST |
| GBIRI-NIRAGU |
| GEJI |
| GENGLE |
| GERA |
| GERUMA |
| GEVOKO |
| GHOTUO |
| GIIWO |
| GLAVDA |
| GOEMAI |
| GOKANA |
| GUDE |
| GUDU |
| GUDUF |
| GUN-GBE |
| GUPA-ABAWA |
| GURMANA |
| GURUNTUM-MBAARU |
| GWA |
| GWAMHI-WURI |
| GWANDARA |
| GYEM |
| HAM |
| HASHA |
| HAUSA |
| HOLMA |
| HONE |
| HOROM |
| HUBA |
| HUNGWORO |
| HUN-SAARE |
| HWANA |
| IBANI |
| IBIBIO |
| IBINO |
| IBILO |
| IBUORO |
| ICEVE-MACI |
| IDERE |
| IDOMA |
| IDON |
| IDUN |
| IGALA |
| IGBO |
| IGEDE |
| IGUTA |
| IJO, SOUTHEAST |
| IKA |
| IKO |
| IKPESHI |
| IKU-GORA-ANKWA |
| IKULU |
| IKWERE |
| ILUE |
| IRIGWE |
| ISEKIRI |
| ISOKO |
| ITO |
| ITU MBON UZO |
| IVBIE NORTH-OKPELA-ARHE |
| IYAYU |
| IYIVE |
| IZERE |
| IZI-EZAA-IKWO-MGBO |
| IZON |
| IZORA |
| JANJI |
| JARA |
| JARAWA |
| JERE |
| JIBE |
| JIBU |
| JIDDA-ABU |
| JILBE |
| JIMI |
| JIRU |
| JJU |
| JORTO |
| JU |
| JUKUN of TAKUM |
| KAAN |
| KADARA |
| KAG-FER-JIIR-KOOR-ROR-US-ZUKSUN |
| KAGOMA |
| KAIVI |
| KAKANDA |
| KALABARI |
| KAM |
| KAMANTAN |
| KAMI |
| KAMO |
| KAMWE |
| KANINGKON-NINDEM |
| KANUFI |
| KANURI, CENTRAL |
| KANURI, MANGA |
| KAPYA |
| KAREKARE |
| KARFA |
| KARIYA |
| KHANA |
| KHOLOK |
| KINUKU |
| KIONG |
| KIR-BALAR |
| KIRIKE |
| KOENOEM |
| KOFA |
| KOFYAR |
| KOHUMONO |
| KOMA |
| KONA |
| KONO |
| KORO IJA |
| KORO ZUBA |
| KOROP |
| KPAN |
| KPASHAM |
| KPATI |
| KUBI |
| KUDU-CAMO |
| KUGAMA |
| KUGBO |
| KUKELE |
| KULERE |
| KULUNG |
| KUMBA |
| KUPA |
| KURAMA |
| KUSHI |
| KUTEP |
| KUTTO |
| KUTURMI |
| KWA |
| KWAK |
| KWAAMI |
| KYAK |
| KYENGA |
| LABIR |
| LAKA |
| LALA-ROBA |
| LAMANG |
| LAMJA-DENGSA-TOLA |
| LAMNSO |
| LARU |
| LEELAU |
| LEGBO |
| LELA |
| LEMORO |
| LIMBUM |
| LOKAA |
| LONGUDA |
| LOO |
| LOPA |
| LUBILA |
| LUFU |
| LURI |
| MAAKA |
| MADA |
| MAFA |
| MAGHDI |
| MAK |
| MALA |
| MALGWA-WANDALA |
| MAMA |
| MAMBILA, NIGERIA |
| MANGAS |
| MARGHI CENTRAL |
| MARGHI SOUTH |
| MASHI |
| MAWA |
| MBE |
| MBEMBE, CROSS RIVER |
| MBEMBE, TIGON |
| MBOI |
| MBONGNO |
| MBULA-BWAZZA |
| MBURKU |
| MIJILI |
| MINGANG DOSO |
| MINI |
| MISHIP |
| MIYA |
| MOM JANGO |
| MONTOL |
| MOO |
| MPADE |
| MUMUYE |
| MUNDAT |
| MVANIP |
| MWAGHAVUL |
| NANDU-TARI |
| NDE-NSELE-NTA |
| NDOE |
| NDOLA |
| NDUNDA |
| NGAMO |
| NGGWAHYI |
| NGIZIM |
| NGWABA |
| NINGYE |
| NINZAM |
| NKARI |
| NKEM-NKUM |
| NKOROO |
| NKUKOLI |
| NNAM |
| NUMANA-NUNKU-GWANTU-NUMBU |
| NUNGU |
| NUPE-NUPE TAKO |
| NYAM |
| NYONG |
| NZANYI |
| OBANLIKU |
| OBOLO |
| OBULOM |
| ODUAL |
| ODUT |
| OGBAH |
| OGBIA |
| OGBOGOLO |
| OGBRONUAGUM |
| OKOBO |
| OKO-ENI-OSAYEN |
| OKPAMHERI |
| OKPE |
| OKPE-IDESA-AKUKU |
| OLOMA |
| OLULUMO-IKOM |
| ORING |
| ORON |
| ORUMA |
| OSOSO |
| OTANK |
| PA’A |
| PE |
| PERO |
| PIDGIN, NIGERIAN |
| PITI |
| PIYA-KWONCI |
| POLCI |
| PONGU |
| PUTAI |
| PYAPUN |
| RESHE |
| RON |
| RUMA |
| SAMBA DAKA |
| SAMBA LEKO |
| SANGA |
| SASARU-ENWAN-IGWE |
| SAYA |
| SHA |
| SHALL-ZWALL |
| SHAMANG |
| SHAMA-SAMBUGA |
| SHANGA |
| SHAU |
| SHENI |
| SHIKI |
| SHOO-MINDA-NYE |
| SHUWA-ZAMANI |
| SIRI |
| SOMYEV |
| SORKO |
| SUKUR |
| SUR |
| SURUBU |
| TAL |
| TALA |
| TAMBAS |
| TANGALE |
| TAROK |
| TEDAGA |
| TEME |
| TERA |
| TESHENAWA |
| THA |
| TITA |
| TIV |
| TORO |
| TSO |
| TULA |
| TUMI |
| TYAP |
| UBAGHARA |
| UBANG |
| UDA |
| UHAMI |
| UJIJILI |
| UKAAN |
| UKPE-BAYOBIRI |
| UKPET-EHOM |
| UKUE |
| UKWA |
| UKWUANI-ABOH-NDONI |
| ULUKWUMI |
| UMON |
| UNEME |
| URHOBO |
| USAGHADE |
| UVBIE |
| UZEKWE |
| VAGHAT-YA-BIJIM-LEGERI |
| VEMGO-MABAS |
| VITI |
| VONO |
| VUTE |
| WAJA |
| WAKA |
| WANNU |
| WAPAN |
| WAPHAN |
| WARJI |
| WASE |
| WOM |
| XEDI |
| YACE |
| YALA |
| YAMBA |
| YANGKAM |
| YENDANG |
| YESKWA |
| YIWOM |
| YORUBA |
| YUKUBEN |
| ZANGWAL |
| ZARI |
| ZARMA |
| ZEEM |
| ZHIRE |
| ZIRIYA |
| ZIZILIVEKEN |
| ZUMBUN |
Dr. Uwe Seibert
Department of Languages and Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
University of Jos
Email address: seibertu@unijos.edu.ng
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