•Nigeria is one of the
regions of Africa where three of its four language phyla overlap and interact
•These are;
•Nilo-Saharan (Songhay,
Saharan)
•Afroasiatic (Chadic,
Semitic, Berber)
•Niger-Congo (Mande, Gur,
Atlantic, Volta-Niger, Ijoid, Benue-Congo, Adamawa, Ubangian)
•The Benue-Congo languages
(which include Bantu) are the richest and most numerous family, including
Plateau, East and West Kainji, Cross River, Dakoid, Mambiloid and other Bantoid, as well
as Bantu proper (Jarawan and Ekoid)