Tita language

{{Short description|Benue–Congo language of Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Tita

|states = Nigeria

|region = Taraba State

|speakers = 3,400

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=? (unclassified)

|iso3=tdq

|glotto=tita1240

|glottorefname= Tita

}}

Tita or "Hoai Petel" is an unclassified Benue–Congo language of Nigeria.,{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = Tita | work = Glottolog 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/tita1240}} it is mainly spoken in the states of Taraba and Plateau.{{Cite web |title=Nigeria & Cameroun - Carte linguistique |url=https://www.muturzikin.com/cartenigeria.htm |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=www.muturzikin.com}}

The Tita language has no existing dialects, and thus no alternate dialect names. There is only 1 recorded People Groups Speaking it as a Primary Language.

In the year 2000 the number of native speakers was recorded at 3,400, however some sources put the number higher at 6,600 (likely a recent estimate), which could be the case due to the population boom in Africa, and especially in countries like Nigeria.