Plateau | |
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Platoid | |
Geographic distribution | Plateau, Kaduna, and Nasarawa states, Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Nnijer–Kongo |
Glottolog | benu1248[1] |
The Plateau languages shown within Nigeria |
Harsunan Plateau guda arba'in ne ko fiye da haka, rukuni ne na yarukan Benue – Kongo wanda mutane miliyan 15 ke magana da shi a Jos Plateau, Kudancin Kaduna, Jihar Nasarawa da kuma yankunan da ke kusa da tsakiyar Najeriya.
Berom da Eggon su ke da mafiya yawan masu amfani da harshen. Yawancin harsunan Plateau suna fuskantar barazanar karewa kuma akwai masu magana da harsunan kusan mutum 2,000-10,000. [2]
An wallafa ma'anar fasalulluka na dangin harsunan Plateau a cikin sigar rubutu (Blench 2008). Yawancin harsunan suna da ingantattun tsarin furucin harshen waɗanda ke wahalar fahimta
A ƙasa akwai jerin manyan rassan harsunan Plateau da wurarensu na farko-farko (cibiyoyin bambancin) daga Blench (2019).
Reshe | Wurare na farko |
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Alumic | Akwanga LGA, Nasarawa State |
Beromic | Barkin Ladi, Jos North, Jos South and Riyom LGAs, Plateau State ; da kuma kananan hukumomin Jema’a, jihar Kaduna |
Tsakiya | Jaba, Jema'a, Kachia, Kagarko, Kajuru, Kaura, Kauru and Zangon Kataf LGAs, Kaduna State ; da Bassa, Jos East da Jos North LGAs, Jihar Filato ; Toro and Tafawa Balewa LGAs, Bauchi State |
Gabas | Mangu LGA, Plateau State |
Ndunic | Sanga LGA, Kaduna State |
Ninzic | Kananan Hukumomin Jema’a da Sanga, Jihar Kaduna ; da Akwanga LGA, Jihar Nasarawa |
Kudu | Akwanga, Nasarawa Eggon, Lafia LGAs, Nasarawa State ; Bwari LGA, Babban Birnin Tarayya |
Tarokoid | Langtang North, Langtang South, Wase LGAs, Jihar Filato |
Harsunan Plateau sun bambanta sosai ta fuskar rubutu da kalmomi. Misali, Roger Blench (2022) ya lura cewa harshen Beromic ya fi bambamta daga sauran yarukan yammacin Chadic A3 . [3]
Akwai karancin bayanai game da harsunan Filato, kuma sakamakon da aka samu ya zuwa yanzu ba shi da tabbas.
Blench (2018:112) ya kawo rabe-rabe masu zuwa na harsunan Plateau. [4]
Ana ɗauko wadannan rabe-rabe masu zuwa daga Blench (2008). Yawancin rassan ɓangarorin ƙwararrun harsuna ne, kodayake Tsakiyar ƙungiya ce da ta rage kuma akwai shakku game da wasu harsunan Ninzic da aka ce. Harsunan Filato gabaɗaya suna raba nau'ikan isoglosses da yawa, kamar yadda duk rassa ke yi ban da Tarokoid . Glottolog ya ƙara harsunan Yukubenic. Blench, duk da haka, yana sanya Yukubenic a cikin dangin Jukunoid, bayan Shimizu (1980).
Rabe-raben harsunan Plateau daga Gerhardt (1983), [5] dangane da bayanan Maddieson (1972): [6]
Lura: Harsunan Filato 1, wanda ya ƙunshi Filato 1a da 1b, yanzu an rarraba su daban daga harsunan Kainji .