Bambukic languages

Bambukic
Yungur–Jen
Geographic distribution:	eastern Nigeria
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Savannas Bambukic
Subdivisions:	Bikwin–Jen Yungur Longuda
Glottolog:	None `waja1258` (Waja–Jen)^[1]

The Bambukic AKA Yungur–Jen languages form a branch of the provisional Savanna languages, a reduced form of the Waja–Jen branch of the old Adamawa languages family (G7, G9, G10). They are spoken in eastern Nigeria.

The Waja languages were once thought to belong to this group, but are now placed with the Kam language. (See Adamawa languages.)

Languages

Bikwin–Jen
- Jen: Dza (Jen), Mingang Doso, Tha, Joole
- Bikwin: Burak–Loo, Mághdì, Mak, Moo (Gomu) – Leelau (Bikwin) – Kyak (Bambuka)
Longuda
Yungur (Bəna–Mboi)
- Kaan (Libo)
- Mboi (Gəna, Banga, Handa)
- Yungur–Roba: Lala-Roba, Voro, Bəna

Kleinewillinghöfer (1996) notes the affinities of the Bikwin languages, which were unknown to Greenberg, with the Jen languages. Subclassification follows Blench (2004).^[2]

Notes

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Waja–Jen". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ "THE ADAMAWA LANGUAGES" (PDF). - Rogerblench

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