Hõne language

Hõne
Hõne
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Gombe State and Taraba State
Native speakers	(7,000 cited 1999)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid Central Jukun Hõne; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Pindiga; Gwana;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	juh
Glottolog	hone1235
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Hõne is a Jukunoid language^[2] spoken in Gombe State and Taraba State, Nigeria. Speakers of the two dialects, Pindiga and Gwana, can only understand each other with difficulty.^[1] It belongs to the Jukun Wapan (Kororofa) language cluster.^[3]

Distribution

Hõne is spoken in Akko, Billiri, Shongom, and Karim-Lamido LGAs. Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists villages as:

Futuk, Kaltanga, Kashere, Pindiga, and Tumu villages (Pindiga dialect)
Andamin, Digare, Dizi, Gobirawa, Gwana, Jukon, Kasan Dare, Katagum, Konan Kuka, and Kwaya villages (Gwana dialect)

^ ^a ^b Hõne at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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