Concept information
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
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tiv
French
-
Tiv
-
Tiv
German
-
Tiv-Sprache
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tiv
Italian
-
Portuguese
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Língua tiv
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tiv
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/tiv
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