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

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.