List of Languages in Nigeria

This is a non-exhaustive list of Languages in Nigeria.^[1][2][3][4]

Language	Alternate names	Number of Speakers	States Spoken in	Current Status
Abanyom	Abanyum, Befun, Bofon, Mbofon	13,000	Cross River	Active
Abon	Abong, Abõ, Ba'ban	1,000	Taraba	Active
Abua	Odual,Abuan	25,000	Rivers	Active
Abureni	Mini	4,000	Bayelsa	Active
Achipa	Achipawa	5,000	Kebbi	Active
Adim			Cross River	Active
Aduge		30,000	Anambra	Active
Adun			Cross River	Active
Afade	Affade, Afadeh, Afada, Kotoko, Moga		Borno, Yobe	Active
Afo			Plateau	Active
Afrike	Afrerikpe	60,000	Cross River	Active
Ajawa	Aja, Ajanci		Bauchi	Extinct
Akaju-Ndem	Akajuk		Cross River	Active
Akweya-Yachi			Benue	Active
Alago	Arago		Plateau	Active
Amo			Plateau	Active
Anaguta			Plateau	Active
Anang			Akwa lbom	Active
Andoni			Akwa lbom, Rivers	Active
Angas			Bauchi, Jigawa, Plateau	Active
Ankwei			Plateau	Active
Anyima			Cross River	Active
Arabic	Chadian Arabic also known as Shuwa Arabic		Borno by Baggara Arabs	Active
Attakar	Ataka		Kaduna	Active
Auyoka	Auyokawa, Auyakawa, Awiaka		Jigawa	Active
Awori			Lagos, Ogun	Active
Ayu			Kaduna	Active
Babur			Adamawa, Bomo, Taraba, Yobe	Active
Bachama			Adamawa	Active
Bachere			Cross River	Active
Bada			Plateau	Active
Bade			Yobe	Active
Bahumono			Cross River	Active
Bakulung			Taraba	Active
Bali			Taraba	Active
Bambora	Bambarawa		Bauchi	Active
Bambuko			Taraba	Active
Banda	Bandawa		Taraba	Active
Banka	Bankalawa		Bauchi	Active
Banso	Panso		Adamawa	Active
Bara	Barawa		Bauchi	Active
Barke			Bauchi	Active
Baruba	Barba		Niger	Active
Bashiri	Bashirawa		Plateau	Active
Bassa			Kaduna, Kogi, Niger, Plateau	Active
Batta			Adamawa	Active
Baushi			Niger	Active
Baya			Adamawa	Active
Bekwarra			Cross River	Active
Bele (Buli, Belewa)			Bauchi	Active
Betso (Bete)			Taraba	Active
Bette			Cross River	Active
Bilei			Adamawa	Active
Bille			Adamawa	Active
Bina (Binawa)			Kaduna	Active
Bini			Edo	Active
Birom			Plateau	Active
Bkkos			Plateau	Active
Bobua			Taraba	Active
Boki (Nki)			Cross River	Active
Boko (Bussawa, Bargawa)			Niger	Active
Bole (Bolewa)			Bauchi, Yobe	Active
Boma (Bomawa, Burmano)			Bauchi	Active
Bomboro			Bauchi	Active
Botlere			Adamawa	Active
Buduma Borno,			Niger	Active
Buji			Plateau	Active
Buli			Bauchi	Active
Bunu			Kogi	Active
Bura			Adamawa	Active
Burak			Bauchi	Active
Burma (Burmawa)			Plateau	Active
Buru			Yobe	Active
Buta (Butawa)			Bauchi	Active
Bwall			Plateau	Active
Bwatiye			Adamawa	Active
Bwazza			Adamawa	Active
Challa			Plateau	Active
Chama (Chamawa Fitilai)			Bauchi	Active
Chamba			Taraba	Active
Chamo			Bauchi	Active
Chibok (Chibbak)			Yobe	Active
Chinine			Borno	Active
Chip			Plateau	Active
Chokobo			Plateau	Active
Chukkol			Taraba	Active
Cipu	Western Acipa	20,000	Kebbi, Niger	Active
Daba			Adamawa	Active
Dadiya			Bauchi	Active
Daka			Adamawa	Active
Dakarkari			Niger, Kebbi	Active
Danda (Dandawa)			Kebbi	Active
Dangsa			Taraba	Active
Daza (Dere, Derewa)			Bauchi	Active
Degema			Rivers	Active
Deno (Denawa)			Bauchi	Active
Dghwede		30,000	Borno	Active
Diba			Taraba	Active
Doemak (Dumuk)			Plateau	Active
Duka (Dukawa)			Kebbi	Active
Duma (Dumawa)			Bauchi	Active
Ebana (Ebani)			Rivers	Active
Ebirra	lgbirra		Edo, Kogi, Ondo	Active
Ebu			Edo, Kogi	Active
Efik			Cross River	Active
Egbema			Rivers	Active
Eggon			Plateau	Active
Egun (Gu)			Lagos,Ogun	Active
Ejagham			Cross River	Active
Ekajuk			Cross River	Active
Eket			Akwa Ibom	Active
Ekoi			Cross River	Active
Engenni (Ngene)			Rivers	Active
Epie			Rivers	Active
Esan (Ishan)			Edo	Active
Etche			Rivers	Active
Etolu (Etilo)			Benue	Active
Etsako			Edo	Active
Etung			Cross River	Active
Etuno			Edo	Active
French			Bordering states of Nigeria	Active
Fyam (Fyem)			Plateau	Active
Fyer(Fer)			Plateau	Active
Gade			Niger	Active
Galambi			Bauchi	Active
Gamergu	Mulgwa , Malgo, Malgwa		Borno	Active
Gavako			Borno	Active
Ga’anda			Adamawa	Active
Gbedde			Kogi	Active
Gbo	Agbo, Legbo		Cross River	Active
Geji			Bauchi	Active
Gengle			Taraba	Active
Gera (Gere, Gerawa)			Bauchi	Active
Geruma (Gerumawa)			Plateau	Active
Geruma (Gerumawa)			Bauchi	Active
Gingwak			Bauchi	Active
Gira			Adamawa	Active
Gizigz			Adamawa	Active
Goernai			Plateau	Active
Gokana (Kana)			Rivers	Active
Gombi			Adamawa	Active
Gonia			Taraba	Active
Gornun (Gmun)			Taraba	Active
Gubi (Gubawa)			Bauchi	Active
Gude			Adamawa	Active
Gudu			Adamawa	Active
Gure			Kaduna	Active
Gurmana			Niger	Active
Gururntum			Bauchi	Active
Gusu			Plateau	Active
Gwa (Gurawa)			Adamawa	Active
Gwamba			Adamawa	Active
Gwandara			Kaduna, Niger, Plateau	Active
Gwari (Gbari)			Kaduna, Niger, Plateau	Active
Gwom			Taraba	Active
Gwoza	40,000		Borno	Active
Gyem			Bauchi	Active
Hausa			Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna,Kano, Kastina, Kebbi, Niger,Taraba, Sokoto	Active
Higi (Hig)			Borno, Adamawa	Active
Holma			Adamawa	Active
Hona			Adamawa	Active
Hyam (Ham, Jaba, Jabba)			Kaduna	Active
Ibeno			Akwa lbom	Active
Ibibio			Akwa lbom	Active
Ichen			Adamawa	Active
Idoma			Benue, Taraba	Active
Igalla			Kogi	Active
Igede (lgede)	Egede		Benue	Active
Ikorn			Cross River	Active
Irigwe			Plateau	Active
Isoko			Delta	Active
Izere	Izarek, Fizere, Fezere, Feserek, Afizarek, Afizare, Afusare, Jari, Jarawa, Jarawan Dutse, Hill Jarawa, Jos-Zarazon.	100,000	Plateau	Active
Jahuna (Jahunawa)			Taraba	Active
Jaku			Bauchi	Active
Jara (Jaar Jarawa Jarawa-Dutse)			Bauchi	Active
Jere (Jare, Jera, Jera, Jerawa) Bauchi,			Plateau	Active
Jero			Taraba	Active
Jibu			Adamawa	Active
Jidda-Abu			Plateau	Active
Jimbin (Jimbinawa)			Bauchi	Active
Jirai			Adamawa	Active
Jonjo (Jenjo)			Taraba	Active
Jukun			Bauchi, Benue,Taraba, Plateau	Active
Kaba(Kabawa)			Taraba	Active
Kadara			Taraba	Active
Kafanchan			Kaduna	Active
Kagoro			Kaduna	Active
Kaje (Kache)			Kaduna	Active
Kajuru (Kajurawa)			Kaduna	Active
Kaka			Adamawa	Active
Kamaku (Karnukawa)			Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger	Active
Kambari			Kebbi, Niger	Active
Kambu			Adamawa	Active
Kamo			Bauchi	Active
Kanakuru (Dera)			Adamawa, Borno	Active
Kanembu			Borno	Active
Kanikon			Kaduna	Active
Kantana			Plateau	Active
Kanufi Bomo,			Kaduna, Adamawa, , Kano, Niger, Jigawa, Plateau, Taraba, Yobe	Active
Karekare (Karaikarai)			Bauchi, Yobe	Active
Karimjo			Taraba	Active
Kariya			Bauchi	Active
Katab (Kataf)			Kaduna	Active
Kenern (Koenoem)			Plateau	Active
Kenton			Taraba	Active
Kiballo (Kiwollo)			Kaduna	Active
Kilba			Adamawa	Active
Kirfi (Kirfawa)			Bauchi	Active
Koma			Taraba	Active
Kona			Taraba	Active
Koro (Kwaro)			Kaduna, Niger	Active
Kubi (Kubawa)			Bauchi	Active
Kudachano (Kudawa)			Bauchi	Active
Kugama			Taraba	Active
Kulere (Kaler)			Plateau	Active
Kunini			Taraba	Active
Kurama			Jigawa, Kaduna, Niger, Plateau	Active
Kurdul			Adamawa	Active
Kushi			Bauchi	Active
Kuteb			Taraba	Active
Kutin			Taraba	Active
Kwalla			Plateau	Active
Kwami (Kwom)			Bauchi	Active
Kwanchi			Taraba	Active
Kwanka (Kwankwa)			Bauchi, Plateau	Active
Kwaro			Plateau	Active
Kwato			Plateau	Active
Kyenga (Kengawa)			Sokoto	Active
Laaru (Larawa)			Niger	Active
Lakka			Adamawa	Active
Lala			Adamawa	Active
Lama			Taraba	Active
Lamja			Taraba	Active
Lau			Taraba	Active
lgbo			Abia, Anambra, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi,Enugu, Imo, Rivers	Active
Limono			Bauchi, Plateau	Active
ljumu			Kogi	Active
Longuda (Lunguda)			Adamawa, Bauchi	Active
Lopa (Lupa, Lopawa)			Niger	Active
lsekiri (Itsekiri)			Delta	Active
lyala (lyalla)			Cross River	Active
lzondjo)			Bayelsa, Delta, Ondo, Rivers	Active
Mabo			Plateau	Active
Mada			Kaduna, Plateau	Active
Mama			Plateau	Active
Mambilla			Adamawa	Active
Manchok			Kaduna	Active
Mandara	Wandala		Borno	Active
Manga (Mangawa)			Yobe	Active
Margi (Marghi) , Bomo			Adamawa	Active
Matakarn			Adamawa	Active
Mbembe			Cross River, Enugu	Active
Mbol			Adamawa	Active
Mbube			Cross River	Active
Mbula			Adamawa	Active
Mbum			Taraba	Active
Memyang (Meryan)			Plateau	Active
Miango			Plateau	Active
Miligili (Migili)			Plateau	Active
Miya (Miyawa)			Bauchi	Active
Mobber			Borno	Active
Montol			Plateau	Active
Moruwa (Moro’a, Morwa)			Kaduna	Active
Muchaila			Adamawa	Active
Mumuye			Taraba	Active
Mundang			Adamawa	Active
Munga (Mupang)			Plateau	Active
Mushere			Plateau	Active
Mwahavul (Mwaghavul)			Plateau	Active
Ndoro			Taraba	Active
Ngamo			Bauchi, Yobe	Active
Ngizim			Yobe	Active
Ngweshe (Ndhang.Ngoshe-Ndhang)			Adamawa, Borno	Active
Ningi (Ningawa)			Bauchi	Active
Ninzam (Ninzo)			Kaduna, Plateau	Active
Njayi			Adamawa	Active
Nkim			Cross River	Active
Nkum			Cross River	Active
Nokere (Nakere)			Plateau	Active
Nunku			Kaduna, Plateau	Active
Nupe			Niger	Active
Nyandang			Taraba	Active
Ododop			Cross River	Active
Ogori			Kwara	Active
Okobo (Okkobor)			Akwa lbom	Active
Okpamheri			Edo	Active
Olulumo			Cross River	Active
Oron			Akwa lbom	Active
Ouguri			Bauchi	Active
Owan			Edo	Active
Owe			Kwara	Active
Oworo			Kwara	Active
Pai			Plateau	Active
Palli			Adamawa	Active
Panyam			Taraba	Active
Pa’a (Pa’awa Afawa)			Bauchi	Active
Pero			Bauchi	Active
Pire			Adamawa	Active
Pkanzom			Taraba	Active
Polchi Habe			Bauchi	Active
Poll			Taraba	Active
Pongo (Pongu)			Niger	Active
Potopo			Taraba	Active
Pulani (Pulbe)			Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa , Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi , Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe	Active
Pyapun (Piapung)			Plateau	Active
Qanawuri			Plateau	Active
Qua			Cross River	Active
Rebina (Rebinawa)			Bauchi	Active
Reshe			Kebbi, Niger	Active
Rindire (Rendre)			Plateau	Active
Rishuwa			Kaduna	Active
Ron			Plateau	Active
Rubu			Niger	Active
Rukuba			Plateau	Active
Rumada			Kaduna	Active
Rumaya			Kaduna	Active
Sakbe			Taraba	Active
Sanga			Bauchi	Active
Sate			Taraba	Active
Saya (Sayawa Za’ar)			Bauchi	Active
Segidi (Sigidawa)			Bauchi	Active
Shan-Shan			Plateau	Active
Shanga (Shangawa)			Sokoto	Active
Shangawa (Shangau)			Plateau	Active
Shira (Shirawa)			Kano	Active
Shomo			Taraba	Active
Shuwa			Adamawa, Borno	Active
Sikdi			Plateau	Active
Siri (Sirawa)			Bauchi	Active
Srubu (Surubu)			Kaduna	Active
Sukur			Adamawa	Active
Sura			Plateau	Active
Tangale			Bauchi	Active
Tarok			Plateau, Taraba	Active
Teme			Adamawa	Active
Tera (Terawa)			Bauchi, Bomo	Active
Teshena (Teshenawa)			Kano	Active
Tigon			Adamawa	Active
Tikar			Taraba	Active
Tiv			Benue, Plateau, Taraba , Nasarawa	Active
Tula			Bauchi	Active
Tur			Adamawa	Active
Ubbo			Adamawa	Active
Ufia			Benue	Active
Ukelle			Cross River	Active
Ukwani (Kwale)			Delta	Active
Uncinda			Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto	Active
Uneme (Ineme)			Edo	Active
Ura (Ula)			Niger	Active
Urhobo			Delta	Active
Utonkong			Benue	Active
Uyanga			Cross River	Active
Vemgo			Adamawa	Active
Verre			Adamawa	Active
Vommi			Taraba	Active
Wagga			Adamawa	Active
Waja			Bauchi	Active
Waka			Taraba	Active
Warja (Warja)			Jigawa	Active
Warji			Bauchi	Active
Wula			Adamawa	Active
Wurbo			Adamawa	Active
Wurkun			Taraba	Active
Yache			Cross River	Active
Yagba			Kwara	Active
Yakurr (Yako)			Cross River	Active
Yalla			Benue	Active
Yandang			Taraba	Active
Yergan (Yergum)			Plateau	Active
Yoruba			Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Kogi	Active
Yott			Taraba	Active
Yumu			Niger	Active
Yungur			Adamawa	Active
Yuom			Plateau	Active
Zabara			Niger	Active
Zaranda			Bauchi	Active
Zarma	Dyerma, Dyarma, Dyabarma, Zabarma, Adzerma, Djerma, Zarbarma, Zerma.Zarmawa		Kebbi	Active
Zayam (Zeam)			Bauchi	Active
Zul (Zulawa)			Bauchi	Active

See also[edit]

• Languages of Nigeria

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ "Nigeria". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
2. Jump up^ Blench, Roger (2014). An Atlas Of Nigerian Languages. Oxford: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
3. Jump up^ Crozier, David Henry; Blench, Roger (1992). An Index of Nigerian languages. Dallas: Summer Inst of Linguistics. ISBN 9780883126110.
4. Jump up^ "Ethnologue 15 report for Nigeria". archive.ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2017-04-30.