<P> The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue -- Congo languages spoken by 3.5 million people on the Jos Plateau and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria . The original formulation included the Jukunoid and Kainji languages , and later the Dakoid languages ; Jukunoid and Kainji now form a parent branch of Plateau called Central Nigerian ( Platoid ) . ( See Benue -- Congo . ) </P>
<P> The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue -- Congo languages spoken by 3.5 million people on the Jos Plateau and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria . The original formulation included the Jukunoid and Kainji languages , and later the Dakoid languages ; Jukunoid and Kainji now form a parent branch of Plateau called Central Nigerian ( Platoid ) . ( See Benue -- Congo . ) </P>
how many languages do we have in plateau state
how many languages do we have in plateau state
forty or so
forty or so