South Bauchi languages

The South Bauchi languages include: ;South Bauchi languages • Zaar group: Dass; Geji, Polci (Polchi), Saya, Zari, Zeem • Guruntum group: Guruntum-Mbaaru, Ju, Tala, Zangwal • Boghom group: Jimi, Jum; Boghom, Kir-Balar, Mangas Roger Blench (2020) counted around 38 South Bauchi languages. ==Internal classification==

Shimizu (1978) Shimizu (1978) classifies the South Bauchi languages as follows. • South Bauchi • Jimi • Boghom cluster: Mantsi, Boghom, Kir-Balar • Gurdung cluster: Gurdung, Mbaaru, Ju, Tala, Zangwal • Zaar branch • Das cluster: Diksyhi, Dur, Zumbul, Dot, Wangdi • Polci cluster: Zul, Mbaram, Diir, Buli, Nyamzax, Polci, Luri (†) • Zeem cluster: Zeem (†), Tuli (†), Caari, Dyarim, Dokshi • Geji cluster: Megang, Pelu, Geji, Buu ==Names and locations==

Below is a comprehensive list of South Bauchi language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). ==Phonology==

;Consonants Like the other West Chadic languages, South Bauchi languages have a rich consonant inventory. They also generally have the lateral fricatives /ɬ, ɮ/, whereas the West Chadic A languages have not preserved such consonants. ==Morphology==

Like the neighbouring A3 West Chadic languages but unlike Hausa, South Bauchi languages do not usually have plural nouns, although certain words for persons such as ‘woman’, ‘child’, and sometimes ‘man/person’ have suppletive nominal forms. Stop consonants at the ends of morphemes are underlyingly voiceless. ==See also==