Jukun (Njikun), or more precisely Jukun Takum, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon used as a trade language in Nigeria. Though there are only a few thousand native speakers, and only a dozen in Nigeria (as of 2000), it is spoken as a second language in Nigeria by tens of thousands (40,000 reported in 1979).
| Jukun | |
|---|---|
| Jukun Takum | |
| Njikun | |
| Native to | Cameroon, Nigeria |
Native speakers | L1: 2,400 (2000)[1] L2: 40,000 (1979)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jbu |
| Glottolog | juku1254 |
The name Jukun is a cover term for several related Jukunoid languages, such as the much more numerous Jukun Wapan.
Wase Tofa is listed by Blench (2019) as a dialect.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Jukun at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.