title: Mumuye languages
text: # Mumuye languages
  
  The Mumuye languages are a group of Adamawa languages spoken in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria.
  
  ## Languages
  
  The classification below follows Shimizu (1979).
  
  * Mumuye
     * Mumuye proper: Northeast Mumuye, Southwest Mumuye
     * Rang Mumuye: Rang
     * Pangseng Mumuye: Pangseng, Komo, Jega, etc.
  
  Mumuye is the most widely spoken Adamawa language.
  
  ## Names and locations
  
  Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
  
  | Language | Branch | Cluster | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Speakers | Location(s) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mumuye cluster | Mumuye | Mumuye | | | 103,000 (1952); 400,000 (1980 UBS) | Taraba State, Jalingo, Zing, Yorro and Mayo Belwa LGAs |
  | North–Eastern Mumuye | Mumuye | Mumuye | Bajama (Gnoore) and Jeng, Zing (Zinna, Zeng) and Mang, Kwaji and Meeka, Yaa, also Yakoko (according to Meek) | Zing group | | Taraba State, Zing, Yorro and Mayo Belwa LGAs |
  | South–Western Mumuye | Mumuye | Mumuye | Monkin group: Kugong, Shaari, Sagbee; Kpugbong group: Kasaa, Yɔrɔ, Lankoviri (Lankavirĩ), Saawa, Nyaaja, and Jaalingo | | | Taraba State, Jalingo LGA |
  | Pangseng | Mumuye | | Pangseng, Komo, Jega | | | Taraba State, Karim Lamido LGA |
  | Rang | Mumuye | | | | | Taraba State, Zing LGA |
  