Tiv
[ tiv ]
noun,plural Tivs, (especially collectively) Tiv.
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
the Benue-Congo language of the Tiv.
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British Dictionary definitions for Tiv
Tiv
/ (tɪv) /
noun
plural Tivs or Tiv a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in the savanna of the Benue area of S Nigeria and noted by anthropologists for having no chiefs
the language of this people, belonging to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
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