Indigenous languages of the Niger-Benue confluence region: their classification and its implications for pre-history

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Title:	Indigenous languages of the Niger-Benue confluence region: their classification and its implications for pre-history
Author:	Williamson, K.
Year:	1988
Periodical:	Muntu: revue scientifique et culturelle du CICIBA
Issue:	8
Pages:	45-53
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	African languages prehistory
Abstract:	The confluence of the Niger and the Benue rivers (Nigeria) forms a complex linguistic area. The author describes the genetic classification of the various languages which are found in the area, and proposes a historical hypothesis for their present-day distribution. It would appear that the complexity of the area's linguistic map is, in fact, the reflection of a long list of primary migrations and of a process of assimilation going back to a distant past. Bibliogr., sum. in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.