Shammo languages

Shammo
Jere
Geographic distribution	Plateau, Bauchi, and Kaduna states, Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Kainji East Kainji Shammo
Subdivisions	Zele Boze Panawa Sanga Gusu Moro Loro Bunu ? Tunzu
Language codes
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]

Languages

• Shammɔ languages^[2]
  • Zele cluster
    • Zele (Jere)
    • Boze (Buji), Panawa (Bujiyel)
  • Sanga, Gusu, Moro
  • Loro, Bunu (Ribina)
  • ? Tunzu (Duguza)

References

1. 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
2. Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.

Further reading

• Gunn, H.D. 1953. Peoples of the Plateau Area of Northern Nigeria. IAI, London.
• Nengel, J.G. 1999. Precolonial African intergroup relations in the Kauru and Pengana polities of Central Nigerian Highlands, 1800-1900. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
• Nengel, J.G. 2019. A history of the Boze polity of Plateau State, Nigeria. Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria: Babcock University Press.
• Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1968. An outline of the I-búnú noun class system. Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, Ibadan University.
• Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1975. The language groups in and around Benue-Plateau State. mimeo. Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, Kano.
• Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1980. Five wordlists with analyses from the Northern Jos Group of Plateau Languages. Afrika und Übersee, 62:4.253-271.
• Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1982a. Ten more wordlists with analyses from the Northern Jos Group of Plateau Languages. Afrika und Übersee, 65:1.97-134.
• Shimizu, Kiyoshi 1982b. Die Nord-Jos-Gruppe der Plateausprachen Nigerias. Afrika und Übersee, 65(2):161-210.
• Temple, Olive 1922. Notes on the Tribes, Provinces, Emirates and States of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria. Argus Printing and Publishing Co. Cape Town.