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Bangwinji language

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Bangwinji
Bangjinge
Bangwinji
A traditional Bangwinji compound in the Muri Mountains
Native toeastern Nigeria
RegionShongom LGA, Gombe State
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsj
Glottologbang1348
PersonBáŋjìŋè
PeopleBáŋjìŋèb
LanguageBangwinji

Bangwinji (Bangjinge[2]) is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, eastern Nigeria.[3] Their ethnonym is Báŋjìŋèb (pl.; sg. form: Báŋjìŋè).[4]

There are two dialects, Kaalɔ́ and Naabáŋ. Bangwinji had originally settled in Kaalɔ́ and Naabáŋ in the northern Muri Mountains, and have since moved down into the plains.[4]

References

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  1. Bangwinji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. Adelberger, Jörg; Blench, Roger (2026). "The peopling of the Muri Mountains, Northern Nigeria: evidence from linguistics and ethnography". AAeO - Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. doi:10.18716/OJS/AAEO/2026_12031.
  4. 1 2 Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.