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The Tiv language is spoken by over 7 million people in Nigeria, with a few speakers in Cameroon. Most Nigerian Tiv speakers are found in Benue State of Nigeria. The language is also widely spoken in the Nigerian States of Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa as well as the FCT Abuja. It is part of the Southern Bantoid Tivoid family, a branch of Benue–Congo and ultimately of the Niger–Congo phylum. The Tiv people have a tradition that is arranged in order of chiefs: 1st class chief (Tor Tiv) 2nd class chief (Ter) which is normally in charge of each local government traditional council. They also have 3rd class chiefs (Tyoor) in charge of Districts and Kindred Heads (Mbateregh) they also have Ator a Ukpande (Tax Collectors) they can also be called village heads.
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Names (more)

[ar] التيف
[az] tiv dili
[bn] টিভ
[bs] tiv
[br] Tiveg
[bg] тив
[ca] tiv
[cs] tivština
[da] tivi
[de] Tiv
[el] Τιβ
[en] Tiv language
[et] tivi
[fa] تیوی
[fi] tiv
[fr] Tiv
[gu] તિવ
[he] טיב
[hi] तिव
[hr] tiv
[hu] tiv
[id] Tiv
[is] tív
[it] tiv
[ja] ティブ語
[kn] ಟಿವ್
[ks] تیٖو
[ko] 티비어
[lo] ຕີວ
[lv] tivu
[lt] tiv
[ml] ടിവ്
[mr] तिव
[mk] тив
[mt] Tiv
[nl] Tiv
[nn] tivi
[nb] tiv
[or] ତୀଭ୍
[pl] Język tiw
[pt] Língua tiv
[rm] tiv
[ro] tiv
[ru] Тив
[sk] tiv
[sl] tivščina
[es] tiv
[sr] Тив
[sw] Kitiv
[sv] tivi
[ta] டிவ்
[te] టివ్
[th] ทิฟ
[tr] Tiv
[uk] тів
[vi] Tiếng Tiv

Language type : Living

Language resources for Tiv

Open Languages Archives

Wiktionary - Category:Tivi language [en]
Wiktionnaire - Catégorie:tiv [fr]

Technical notes

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ISO 639 Codes

ISO 639-2B : tiv
ISO 639-2T : tiv
ISO 639-3 : tiv

Linked Data URIs

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/tiv
http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:tiv
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/tiv

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Sources

Authority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: tiv

Freebase ISO 639-3 : tiv
GeoNames.org Country Information

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