Berom

Berom or Birom (Cèn Bèrom or Lêm Bèrom) is the most widely spoken Plateau language in Nigeria. The language is locally numerically important and is consistently spoken by Berom of all ages in rural areas. However, the Berom for the purpose of informal conversations with other Plateau tribes and commerce are shifting to the regional Hausa in cities. The small Cen and Nincut dialects may be separate languages. Approximately 1 million (2010) people speak in this language.

Berom is spoken in a large area extending from some precolonial settlements embedded within the Jos Metropolitan Area to the south of Jos city (Bukuru) to Barkin Ladi and Riyom in Plateau State, Nigeria. The Berom population distribution culminates in Foron, Barkin Ladi, Fan also in Barkin Ladi and at the edge of the Jos plateau in Sopp chiefdom of Riyom Local Government Area. Although native to the Jos Plateau, there are pockets of migrant settlers in Fadan Karshe town of Kaduna State that trace their origins to Za'ang District.

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