Hõne language

Hõne is a Jukunoid language spoken in Gombe State and Taraba State, Nigeria. Speakers of the two dialects, Pindiga and Gwana, can only understand each other with difficulty.[1] It belongs to the Jukun Wapan (Kororofa) language cluster.[2]

Hõne
Native toNigeria
RegionGombe State and Taraba State
Native speakers
7,000 (1999)[1]
Dialects
  • Pindiga
  • Gwana
Language codes
ISO 639-3juh
Glottologhone1235
ELPHõne

Distribution

Hõne is spoken in Akko, Billiri, Shongom, and Karim-Lamido LGAs. Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists villages as:

  • Futuk, Kaltanga, Kashere, Pindiga, and Tumu villages (Pindiga dialect)
  • Andamin, Digare, Dizi, Gobirawa, Gwana, Jukon, Kasan Dare, Katagum, Konan Kuka, and Kwaya villages (Gwana dialect)

References
  1. Hõne at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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