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Rainmaking rod used by Mumuye. The Mumuye are people of the Taraba State, Nigeria.They speak the Mumuye language.They constitute the largest tribal group in Taraba State of Nigeria and form the predominant tribes found in Zing, Yorro, Jalingo, Ardo-Kola, Lau, Gassol, Bali and Gashaka, all of which are local government areas of the state.
Mumuye is by far the most populous of the Adamawa languages.It is spoken in northeastern Nigeria.It is classified in the Leko–Nimbari branch of Savanna languages, as Adamawa is no longer considered a valid family.
Language Branch Cluster Dialects Alternate spellings Own name for language Endonym(s) Other names (location-based) Other names for language Exonym(s) Speakers Location(s) Notes Mumuye cluster: Mumuye: Mumuye: 103,000 (1952); 400,000 (1980 UBS) Taraba State, Jalingo, Zing, Yorro and Mayo Belwa LGAs: North–Eastern Mumuye: Mumuye: Mumuye
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Agbogho Mmuo, or Maiden Spirits are annual performances held during the dry season in the Nri-Awka area in the northern part of the Igbos' traditional territory in Nigeria. Performed only by men wearing masks , the masquerades imitate the character of adolescent girls, exaggerating the girls' beauty and movements.
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Several hundred different languages are spoken in Nigeria. The different Latin alphabets made it impractical to create Nigerian typewriters. In the 1980s the National Language Centre (NLC) undertook to develop a single alphabet suitable for writing all the languages of the country, and replacing use of Arabic script, taking as its starting point a model proposed by linguist Kay Williamson in 1981.
The unclassified language Bung shows its strongest resemblance to be with the Ndung dialect of Kwanja. It also has words in common with other Mambiloid languages such as Tep , Somyev and Vute , while a number of words' origins remain unclear (possibly Adamawan ).