Tiv yare ne na Bantoid na Kudancin da ake magana a wasu jihohin Arewa ta Tsakiyar Najeriya, tare da wasu masu magana a ƙasar Kamaru. Yana da masu magana da miliyan 7 a cikin 2020. Ana samun yawancin masu magana da harshen Tiv a cikin jihar Benue a Najeriya. Ana kuma amfani da yaren sosai a jihohin Filato da Taraba da Nasarawa da Kuros Ribas da kuma FCT Abuja. Wannan ita ce mafi girma daga cikin harsunan Tivoid, rukunin harsuna na reshen Bantoid na Kudancin Bantoid na Benuwe-Congo . Tiv ba yare. Masu magana da Tiv zasu iya fahimtar juna a duk yankin su. Koyaya, lafazi ( ham ) ya wanzu. Abubuwan lafazin na Tiv sune kamar haka: Ityoisha, magana a kudu maso gabashin, lura ga ta karin gishiri palatalisation na vowels. Shitile, wanda mafi yawan Tiv ke magana dashi a gabashin Kogin Ala Ala, yana da kyau a hankali fiye da sauran lafazin Tiv da wasula a cikin baƙon makwabcin su; Iharev, wanda ke ba da karin gishiri ga sautin magana [r] ~ [l] Kparev, wanda aka yi magana a tsakiya da kuma tsakiyar kudu;