Beromic languages

The?? four Beromic languages are a branch of the Plateau languages spoken in central Nigeria by approximately 1 million people.

Classification

The following classification is taken from Blench.

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

Language	Cluster	Dialects	Alternate spellings	Own name for language	Endonym	Other names	Other names for language	Exonym	Speakers	Location
Aten				Ten, Etien	sg Àtên, pl. Nìtèn		Ganawuri, Jal		6,710 : est. 40,000 ; est. 40,000	Plateau State, Barkin Ladi LGA; Kaduna State, Jema’a LGA
Berom		Gyel–Kuru–Vwang; Fan–Foron–Heikpang; Bachit–Gashish; Du–Ropp–Rim–Riyom; Hoss. Nincut is treated as a separate language.	Birom, Berum	Cèn Bèrom	sg. Wòrom, pl. Berom, Birom		Afango, Akuut, Baho, Gbang, Kibbo, Kibo, Kibbun, Kibyen, Sine	Shosho, Shaushau	54,500, 200,000	Plateau State, Jos and Barkin Ladi LGAs; Kaduna State, Jema’a LGA
Cara			Chara, Nfachara, Fakara, Pakara, Fachara, Terea, Teria, Terri, Tariya						735 ; 5000. Nine villages	Plateau State, Bassa LGA
Shall–Zwall cluster	Shall–Zwall									Bauchi State, Dass LGA
Shall	Shall–Zwall
Zwall	Shall–Zwall
Nincut							Aboro		8 villages	Kaduna State, ?? LGA. ca. 7 km. north of Fadan Karshe

Sample basic vocabulary of Beromic languages from Blench :