Nupe language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

• Atlantic - Congo Volta - Congo Benue - Congo Nupoide languages Nupe Gbagyi

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Nupe (also Nufawa, Nupeci, Nupecidji, Nupenchi or Nupencizi ) is a West African language that is spoken by the people of Nupe in the middle belt region of Nigeria.

It is one of the nupoiden languages ​​and has no official status, so they can not be funded by the state and thus since the British colonial period, ousted from the English, the only official language of the country. However Nupe was the official language of the former state Nupe.

Its geographical distribution of speakers is limited to the west -central part of these funds Belt region and has supremacy in Niger State.