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Tiv

Nigeria ISO 639-3: tiv tivv1240
English

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An
adj.
Small
angahar
n pl.
legs
Kure
v.
End
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About

Tiv language is one of the major languages of Nigeria. It is widely spoken in 6 states of Nigeria (Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Cross River, Niger, and Abuja) as well as in Cameron. There are also Tiv speakers across the world in America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, France, Spain, etc. totaling about 15 million speakers. Tiv language has Bantu origin from the Congo. Tiv is a tonal language and so words may have multiple meanings depending on the intonation.

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Grammar

This dictionary is based on the Revised Tiv language authography, 2012 by the Tiv Language Studies and Development Association in Nigeria.

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n pl.
Leaves
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v.
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n pl.
Bambara nuts
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n pl.
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n.
Ground nuts
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n.
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2026. Tiv Living Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. https://livingdictionaries.app/tiv

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