Editing Benue–Congo languages (section)

==Branches and locations (Nigeria)==
Below is a list of major Benue–Congo branches and their primary locations (centres of diversity) within Nigeria based on Blench (2019).<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Distributions of Benue–Congo branches in Nigeria'''<ref name="BlenchAtlas4"/>
! Branch !! Primary locations
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| [[Cross River languages#Branches and locations|Cross River]] || [[Cross River State|Cross River]], [[Akwa Ibom State|Akwa Ibom]], and [[Rivers State|Rivers]] States; [[Cameroon]]
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| [[Bendi languages#Names and locations|Bendi]] || [[Obudu]] and [[Ogoja]] LGAs, [[Cross River State]]
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| [[Mambiloid languages#Names and locations (Nigeria)|Mambiloid]] || [[Sardauna]] LGA, [[Taraba State]]; [[Cameroon]]
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| [[Dakoid languages#Names and locations|Dakoid]] || [[Mayo Belwa]] LGA, [[Taraba State]] and adjacent areas
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| [[Jukunoid languages#Names and locations|Jukunoid]] || [[Taraba State|Taraba]], [[Benue State|Benue]], [[Nasarawa State|Nasarawa]], [[Gombe State|Gombe]], [[Adamawa State|Adamawa]], [[Bauchi State|Bauchi]], and [[Plateau State|Plateau]] States of Nigeria; [[Cameroon]]
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| [[Yukubenic languages#Names and locations|Yukubenic]] || [[Takum]] LGA, [[Taraba State]]; [[Cameroon]]
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| [[Kainji languages#Names and locations|Kainji]] || [[Kauru]] and [[Lere, Nigeria|Lere]] LGAs, [[Kaduna State]]; and [[Bassa, Plateau State|Bassa]] LGA, [[Plateau State]]; [[Kano State]]; [[Kainji Lake]] area of [[Niger State|Niger]] and [[Kebbi State|Kebbi]] States
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| [[Plateau languages#Branches and locations|Plateau]] || [[Plateau State|Plateau]], [[Kaduna State|Kaduna]], [[Nasarawa State|Nasarawa]], [[Niger State|Niger]] and [[Bauchi (city)|Bauchi]] States and the [[Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)|FCT]]
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| [[Tivoid languages#Names and locations (Nigeria)|Tivoid]] || [[Benue State]]; [[Obudu]] LGA, [[Cross River State]] and [[Sardauna]] LGA, [[Taraba State]]; [[Nasarawa State]]; [[Cameroon]]
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| [[Beboid languages#Names and locations (Nigeria)|Beboid]] || [[Takum]] LGA, [[Taraba State]]; [[Cameroon]]
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| [[Ekoid languages#Names and locations (Nigeria)|Ekoid]] || [[Ikom]] and [[Ogoja]] LGAs, [[Cross River State]]; [[Cameroon]]
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| [[Grassfields languages#Names and locations (Nigeria)|Grassfields]] || [[Sardauna]] LGA, [[Taraba State]]; [[Cameroon]]
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| [[Jarawan languages#Names and locations|Jarawan]] || [[Bauchi State|Bauchi]], [[Plateau State|Plateau]], [[Adamawa State|Adamawa]], and [[Taraba State|Taraba]] States
|}