• Mada is a regionally important language spoken in Nasarawa and southern Kaduna States of Middle Belt, Nigeria, with many dialects. It is a highly tonal...
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    native languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian...
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  • Ningon, Tari, Ayu, Ninzam, Numana, Ninte, Mada (Mœda), Nungu and others of related origin, spoken language and historic affiliations. Sanga Local Government...
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    Eggon people (category Ethnic groups in Nigeria)
    sometimes referred to as Mada or Madan Dutse meaning Hill Mada by the Hausa) are an ethnic group mostly based in North Central Nigeria (namely Nassarawa and...
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  • erroneously referred to as Mada - formerly a Plateau language spoken in central Nigeria. It is one of the major language in Nasarawa State. The exact...
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  • of the number of existing ethnic groups. Some of the popular languages spoken in Nigeria are listed as follows: Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Kanuri, Ijaw, Ibibio...
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    The Biu–Mandara or Central Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. A reconstruction of Proto-Central Chadic...
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    and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria.[citation needed] Berom and Eggon have the most speakers. Most Plateau languages are threatened and have around...
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  • hyphenated to the North-Central) is the one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing the majority of the country's Middle Belt. It comprises six...
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  • Tyap is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria's Middle Belt, named after its prestige dialect. It is also known by its...
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