Kode people
Widala | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Taraba State, Nigeria | |
| Languages | |
| Maghdi (Adamawa) and Kholok (West Chadic) |
The Kode people, who refer to themselves using the endonym Widala, are a multilingual ethnic group of Taraba State, Nigeira.
The Kode (Widala) people consist of two groups speaking two separate languages, each belonging to different language families. One group speaks Maghdi, an Adamawa language, while the other group speaks Kholok, a West Chadic language.[1][2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Ahmed, Manu (1992). Widala Culture and History.
References
[edit]- ↑ Adelberger, Jörg; Blench, Roger (2026). "The peopling of the Muri Mountains, Northern Nigeria: evidence from linguistics and ethnography". AAeO - Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. doi:10.18716/OJS/AAEO/2026_12031.
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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