Cinda-Regi language

Cinda-Regi (‘Yara) is a language complex of Nigeria belonging to the Kamuku branch of Kainji languages.

Cinda-Regi
‘Yara
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State, Kaduna State
EthnicityKamuku people
Native speakers
45,000 (2010)[1]
Dialects
  • Cinda
  • Regi
  • Tiyal
Language codes
ISO 639-3cdr
Glottologcind1241[2]
Cinda
PersonbuCinda
PeopleuCinda
LanguagetuCinda
Regi
PersonbuRegi
PeopleuRegi
LanguagetuRegi
Kuki
PersonbuKuki
PeopleuKuki
LanguagetuKuki

Varieties

There are four main Cinda-Regi varieties: Cinda, Regi, Orogo, and Kuki language. Kuru and Maruba, both named after villages, are close to each other. Shiyabe is close to tuRogo. However, Rogo can refer to two varieties, namely a Cinda-Regi variety and another non-Cinda-Regi variety (Rogo II).[3]

Names

Names for the Cinda-Regi languages:[3]

Common name (root)One personPeopleLanguage
Names for the Cinda-Regi languages
CindabuCindauCindatuCinda
RegibuRegiuRegituRegi
RogobɔRɔgooRogotòRógó
KukibuKukiKukituKuki
Kuru
Maruba
Shiyabe
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References

  1. Cinda-Regi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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