Tiv

Tiv is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon.

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Tiv · 6.9°N 9.3°E

Tiv is a Tivoid language spoken in some states in North Central Nigeria, with some speakers in Cameroon. It had over 4.6 million speakers in 2020. The largest population of Tiv speakers are found in Benue state in Nigeria. The language is also widely spoken in some Nigerian states namely, Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa, Cross River, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Abuja. It is by far the largest of the Tivoid languages, a group of languages belonging to the Southern Bantoid languages.

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Written down

I mar maor ken kpan ga, nan ngu a icivir man mbamkpeiyol cii. I na nan mhen man ishima i kaven kwagh; nahan gba keng u nana tema a orgen ken mtem u angbian a angbian.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Tiv

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	kwɑse
person	or*
name	ti*
eye	Se*
ear	tou*
nose	hiNga*
tooth	5i*
tongue	nombor*
hand	we*
blood	wambe*
bone	kuhe*
skin	kwav*
knee	5u*
breast	tyumba*
liver	temam*
water	ŋgɛɾɛm
fire	usu*
sun	yaNge*
star	San*
stone	wen*
mountain	wo*
tree	kon*
leaf	kwa*
night	tu*
dog	iwa
fish	Su*
louse	iusu*
one	mom*
two	har*
drink	ma*