Tiv language

Tiv
Tiv
Tiv
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Benue State, Cross River State, Plateau State, Taraba State
Ethnicity	Tiv
Native speakers	4.6 million (2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Tivoid Central Tivoida Tiv; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	tiv
ISO 639-3	tiv
Glottolog	tivv1240

Tiv is a Tivoid language spoken in some states in North Central Nigeria, with some speakers in Cameroon. It had over 4.6 million speakers in 2020. The largest population of Tiv speakers are found in Benue state in Nigeria. The language is also widely spoken in the Nigerian states of Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa, Cross River, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Abuja. It is by far the largest of the Tivoid languages, a group of languages belonging to the Southern Bantoid languages

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