Ron (Run; also known as Challa, Chala) is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects include Bokkos, Daffo-Mbar-Butura (incl. Mangar), Monguna/Manguna (Shagau), (20,000 speakers). Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages.
Varieties
Blench (2019) lists these language varieties in the Ron (Run) cluster:
Bokkos
Mbar
Daffo–Butura
Manguna(Shagau) Mangar Sha
Daffo-Mbar-Butura is spoken in Hottom, Maiduna, Hurum, Fanga, Kandik, Faram, Mandung, Mayi, and Josho villages.
Manguna (Shagau) is spoken in Manguna, Mahurum, Hurti, Gwande, Dambwash and Karfa
Curiosity
Although modern Ron uses a decimal system, it is well attested that in the past a duodecimal counting system was used.
Notes
References
Uwe Seibert. 1998. Das ron von Daffo (Jos-Plateau, zentralnigeria): Morphologische, syntaktische und textlinguistische strukturen einer westtschadischen sprache. European University Series, Asian and African Studies 27. Berlin: Peter Lang.
External links
Roger Blench, Ron Comparative Wordlist
Roger Blench, Dictionary of Lis ma Run (Ron of Bokkos)