The Bambukic Yungur–Jen languages form a branch of the provisional Savanna languages

Savanna languages

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, a reduced form of the Waja–Jen branch of the old Adamawa languages

Adamawa languages

The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people . Joseph Greenberg classified them as one branch of the...

 family (G7, G9, G10). They are spoken in eastern Nigeria

Nigeria

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The Waja languages

Waja languages

The Waja or Tula–Wiyaa languages are a branch of the provisional Savanna languages, closest to Kam , spoken in eastern Nigeria....

 were once thought to belong to this group, but are now placed with the Kam language. (See Adamawa languages

Adamawa languages

The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people . Joseph Greenberg classified them as one branch of the...

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Languages

• Bikwin–Jen
  • Jen: Dza (Jen), Mingang Doso, Tha, Joole
  • Bikwin: Burak–Loo, Mághdì, Mak
    Mak language (Adamawa)
    Mak, or LeeMak, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria, one of several spoken by the Bikwin people. The two dialects, Panya and Zoo , are rather divergent, and might be considered distinct languages....
    
    , Moo (Gomu) – Leelau
    Leelau language
    Leelau, one of the languages of the Bikwin people, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria....
    
     (Bikwin) – Kyak (Bambuka)
• Longuda
  Longuda language
  Longuda is a Niger–Congo language of Nigeria. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, of his Adamawa family. Boyd assigned it a branch within Waja–Jen. When Blench broke up Adamawa, Longuda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.The number of speakers is unknown...
  
  
• Yungur (Bəna–Mboi)
  • Kaan
    Kaan language
    Kaan, Libo, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria....
    
     (Libo)
  • Mboi
    Mboi language
    Mboi is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. Its name is that of one of its dialects, the other two being Banga and Handa. These are rather divergent, and might be considered distinct languages....
    
    
  • Yungur–Roba: Lala-Roba
    Lala-Roba language
    Lala-Roba is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. Its name is a compound of two of its dialects, Lala , Roba , and Ebode....
    
    , Voro
    Voro language (Adamawa)
    Voro is an Adamawa language of Nigeria....
    
    , Bəna

Kleinewillinghöfer (1996) notes the affinities of the Bikwin languages, which were unknown to Greenberg, with the Jen languages. Subclassification follows Blench (2004).http://www.rogerblench.info/Language%20data/Niger-Congo/Adamawa-Ubangian%20languages/Adamawa%20language%20list.pdf