Plateau | |
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Platoid | |
Geographic distribution | Plateau, Kaduna, and Nasarawa states, Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Nnijer–Kongo |
Glottolog | benu1248[1] |
![]() The Plateau languages shown within Nigeria |
Harsunan Plateau guda arba'in ne ko fiye da haka, rukuni ne na yarukan Benue – Kongo wanda mutane miliyan 15 ke magana da shi a Jos Plateau, Kudancin Kaduna, Jihar Nasarawa da kuma yankunan da ke kusa da tsakiyar Najeriya.
Berom da Eggon su ke da mafiya yawan masu amfani da harshen. Yawancin harsunan Plateau suna fuskantar barazanar karewa kuma akwai masu magana da harsunan kusan mutum 2,000-10,000. [2]
An wallafa ma'anar fasalulluka na dangin harsunan Plateau a cikin sigar rubutu (Blench 2008). Yawancin harsunan suna da ingantattun tsarin furucin harshen waɗanda ke wahalar fahimta