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Preferred term

tivTiv  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Tiv language is spoken by over 2 million people in Nigeria, with a few speakers in Cameroon. Most of the Language's Nigerian speakers are found in Benue State of Nigeria. The language is also widely spoken in the Nigerian States of Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa as well as the FCT Abuja. It is part of the Southern Bantoid Tivoid family, a branch of Benue–Congo and ultimately of the Niger–Congo phylum.

Entry terms

  • Tiv language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • tiv

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • tiv

ISO 639-3 code

  • tiv

Notation

  • tiv

In other languages

  • tiv

    French

  • Tiv
  • Tiv

    German

  • Tiv-Sprache
  • tiv

    Italian

  • tiv

    Portuguese

  • Língua tiv
  • tiv

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/tiv

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