lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageTarok is a regionally important Plateau language in the Langtang area of southeast Plateau State, Nigeria, where it serves as a local lingua franca. Blench (2004) estimates around 150,000 speakers.[2]
Plateau language spoken in Nigeria
Tarok |
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Native to | Nigeria |
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Region | Plateau State, Taraba State |
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Ethnicity | Tarok |
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Native speakers | 300,000 (1998)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | yer |
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Glottolog | taro1263 |
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Names for other languages
As the local lingua franca, the Tarok feature prominently in the local ethnic composition of southeast Plateau State. Many Tarok clans can also trace their ancestries back to Chadic-speaking peoples, pointing to a long history of Chadic peoples assimilating into Tarok society. Some Tarok names for neighbouring languages according to Longtau (2004):[3]
Language | Classification | Tarok name |
Ngas | West Chadic A.3 | Dúk |
Boghom | West Chadic B.3 | Burom |
Duguri | Jarawan | Duguri |
Goemai | West Chadic A.3 | Lar |
Jukun-Wase | Jukunoid | Jor |
Kanam | West Chadic B.3 ? | (not known by Tarok) |
Kantana | Jarawan | Kantana |
Tel | West Chadic A.3 | Dwal |
Pe | Tarokoid | Pe |
Tal | West Chadic A.3 | Tal |
Sur | Tarokoid | (not known by Tarok) |
Yangkam | Tarokoid | Yangkam |
Yiwom | West Chadic A.3 | Zhan |
Zaar | West Chadic B.3 | Zhim |
Writing system
Tarok alphabet
a | a̲ | b | ɓ | c |
d | ɗ | e | ǝ | f |
gb |
gh | i | j | k | kp |
l | m | n | ny | ŋ |
o |
p | r | s | sh | t |
u | v | w | y | z |
zh |
References
Languages of Nigeria |
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Indigenous languages | Indigenous languages (grouped by Nigerian state) |
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Borno | |
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Cross River | |
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Edo | |
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Gombe | |
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Jigawa | |
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Kaduna | |
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Kano | |
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Kebbi | |
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Kogi | |
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Kwara | |
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Nasarawa | |
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Niger | |
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Ondo | |
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Plateau | |
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Rivers | |
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Taraba | |
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Yobe | |
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Sign languages | |
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Immigrant languages | |
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Scripts | |
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Platoid languages |
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Jukunoid | |
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Kainji | Kambari | |
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Basa |
- Basa-Benue
- Basa-Gumna
- Basa-Gurara
- Basa-Kontagora
- Basa-Kwali
- Basa-Makurdi
- Koromba
- Bassa Nge
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Kamuku | |
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Shiroro | |
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Northwest | |
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Lakes | |
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East | |
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Plateau | Tarokoid | |
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South | |
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Alumic | |
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Ninzic | |
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East | |
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Central | |
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Beromic | |
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Yukubenic | |
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Ndunic | |
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others | |
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Authority control: National libraries  | |
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На других языках
- [en] Tarok language
[fr] Tarok
Le tarok (en tarok : yergam) est une langue nigéro-congolaise parlée au Nigeria. Elle est classée dans le groupe des langues du plateau nigérian de la branche bénoué-congolaise.
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