Gbantu language


Gbantu is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. Gwantu is the name of the principal dialect; the others are Numana, Janda and Numbu. Nka, spoken by the Aninka, may be another, or perhaps a distinct language, as mutual intelligibility with Numana is low. Nunku is apparently a dialect of Mada, not Gbantu.

Varieties

Blench lists the following varieties in what he calls the Numbu–Gbantu-Nunku–Numana cluster.