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Shammo languages
| Shammo | |
|---|---|
| Jere | |
| Geographic distribution | Plateau, Bauchi, and Kaduna states, Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | boze1240 |
The Shammo (Shammɔ) or Jere languages are spoken in north-central Nigeria.[1] They form a subgroup within the East Kainji languages.[2]
A common greeting, Shammɔ, is used in all of the Shammo languages.[2]
- ^ Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323
- ^ a b Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
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