Alumic languages
# Alumic languages

The four scattered and poorly attested Alumic languages form a branch of the Plateau languages of central Nigeria.

## Classification

The following classification is taken from Blench (2008). The languages are not closely related and are morphologically quite diverse due to different contact situations; given the poor state of their description, their relationship is provisional.

Ethnologue scatters these languages throughout Plateau: Hasha and Sambe with Eggon (Southern branch), and Alumu–Tesu and Toro as two independent branches.

Blench (2019) also includes Nigbo (extinct).

## Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).

| Language | Cluster | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Other names (location-based) | Speakers | Location(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Akpondu (extinct) | | | Akpondu | | | 1 (2005). The last speaker was only a remember and can only recall fragmentary vocabulary | Plateau State |
| Sambe | | | Sambe | Sambe | | 2 (2005) | Kaduna State |
| Alumu-Tәsu cluster | Alumu-Tәsu | Arum–Chessu | | | | | Nasarawa State, Akwanga LGA |
| Alumu | Alumu-Tәsu | Arum | Alumu | | | Seven villages. ca. 5000 (Blench 1999) | |
| Tәsu | Alumu-Tәsu | Chessu | | | | Two villages. ca. 1000 (Blench 1999) | |
| Hasha | | Iyashi, Yashi | | | | 400 (SIL); 3000 (Blench est. 1999) | Nasarawa State, Akwanga LGA |
| Toro | | | | Tɔrɔ | Turkwam | 6,000 (1973 SIL). 2000 (Blench 1999). The Toro people live in one large village, Turkwam, some two km. southeast of Kanja on the Wamba-Fadan Karshi road | Nasarawa State, Akwanga LGA |
| Nigbo (extinct) | | | | | | near Agameti on the Fadan Karshi-Wamba road. | |
