Mumuye–Yendang languages

The Mumuye–Yendang languages are a proposed group of Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G5" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.

• Mumuye languages
• Yendang languages

Mumuye–Yendang
Geographic distribution	eastern Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Savannas Leko–Nimbari Mumuye–Yendang
Subdivisions	Mumuye Yendang
Language codes
Glottolog	mumu1249

Their unity is not accepted by Güldemann (2018).^[1]

Only Mumuye and Yendang proper have more than about 5,000 speakers. Mumuye is the most widely spoken Adamawa language.

Further reading

• Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1979. A comparative study of the Mumuye dialects (Nigeria). (Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde A14). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.