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Gbantu (Gwantu) is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. Gwantu is the name of the principal dialect; the others are Numana, Janda and Numbu.

Gbantu
Gwantu
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	40,000, including Nunku (2008)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Ninzic Gbantu
Dialects	Gbantu Numana Numbu Janda
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nbr
Glottolog	numa1252

Varieties

Blench (2019) lists the following varieties in what he calls the Numbu–Gbantu-Nunku–Numana cluster.[2]

• Numbu
• Gbantu
• Nunku (three sub-dialects)
  • Nunku (spoken in Nunku and Ungwar Mallam)
  • Nunkucu (spoken in Nunkucu and Anku)
  • sub-dialect spoken in Nicok (Ungwar Jatau) and Ungwan Makama villages
• Numana

References

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