Tivoid languages

Tivoid
Geographic distribution	Southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Tivoid
Proto-language	Proto-Tivoid
Glottolog	tivo1239
The Tivoid languages shown within Nigeria and Cameroon: Uncertain affiliation:   Buru   Furu   Eastern Beboid   Menchum   Esimbi Isolates:   Mesaka other Tivoid:   North Tivoid   Central Tivoid

The Tivoid languages are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The subfamily takes its name after Tiv, the most spoken language in the group.

The majority are threatened with extinction. The largest of these languages by far is the Tiv language for which the group is named; it had 2 million speakers in 1991. The second largest is the Bitare language; it had 110,000 speakers in 2000. Most apart from Tiv are extremely poorly known, and the next best, Esimbi, has not even been demonstrated to be Tivoid.