Gbiri-Niragu language

Gbiri-Niragu, also known as Gure-Kahugu, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.

Gbiri-Niragu
Gure-Kahugu
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State
Native speakers
25,000 (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Gbiri (Gure)
  • Niragu (Kahugu)
Language codes
ISO 639-3grh
Glottologgbir1241[2]

Tugbiri is the name of the language of the Gbiri people, and is spoken in and around the village of Gure in Lere LGA, southern Kaduna State.[3] Niragu speakers live directly to the north of Tugbiri speakers.

Numerals

Gbiri-Niragu has, or had, a duodecimal number system.[4]

123456789A (10)B (11)1012 (12)
Niragu inubaotaronazoishikotashisundurinanaskishanoasakernabakitishuiripiri
Tugbiri -in-ba-tar-nas-shi-tashe-sunderikonas-torore-ikeranaba-lyem-ikpiri
gollark: Hang gliding?
gollark: Scuba diving?
gollark: You keep reusing that one.
gollark: Dice stacking?
gollark: Snowboarding?

References

  1. Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gbiri-Niragu". 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.
  4. Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'


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