Sur–Myet, also known as kuSur (Nsur), Tapshin, or Myet, is a minor Plateau language of Bauchi and Plateau states, Nigeria. There are two closely related dialects, Súr and Myet.
There are about 16,000 speakers of Sur–Myet.Decker, Ken, Yakubu Danladi, Julius Dabet, Benard Abraham, Innocent Jonah. 2021. A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Kusur-Myet (Sur) [tdl] Language of Plateau and Bauchi States, Nigeria. Journal of Language Survey Reports, 2021-023. SIL International. Sur speakers are surrounded by Ngas speakers, who refer to the Sur as Dishili.Blench, Roger M. 1998. Recent fieldwork in Nigeria: Report on Horom and Tapshin. Ogmios, 9:10-11. Nevertheless, Sur is a vital language still being passed onto children, and is not immediately endangered.Blench, Roger. 2004. Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria.
Geographical distribution Sur is spoken in the following villages.Blench, Roger. 2023. The Sur-Myet (Tapshin) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities. Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Kancak Targal Kantem Shishir Gyasham Sakiya Kalep Mashekarah Bussa Kocten Angwan Gyad Shikanyan Bakin Kogi Pwai Bada Koshi Nasarawa Pwai B. Kogi Tapshin (Tapshin village is also known as Ngotuk)
Myet is spoken in the following villages.
Myet Gat Myet Dasham Dasham Yelwa Pukdi Yimi Nkandim
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