Gwamhi-Wuri language
Gwamhi-Wuri (Wurə-Gwamhyə-Mba), or Lyase, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. There are three varieties, which have only slight differences. "Lyase-Ne" means 'mother tongue'.
| Gwamhi-Wuri | |
|---|---|
| Lyase | |
| Lyase-Ne | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kebbi, Niger State |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2000)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bga |
| Glottolog | gwam1244[2] |
| Gwamhi[3] | |
|---|---|
| Person | wa-Gwamhi |
| People | a-Gwamhi |
| Wuri[3] | |
|---|---|
| Person | wa-Wuri |
| People | a-Wuri |
The Mba people, known locally as Kokanawa, were recently reported by Blench (2012).[4]
Names
Names for the languages and peoples:[4]
| One person | The people | The language | Hausa name |
|---|---|---|---|
| wa-Wəri | a-Wəri | d-Wəri | Wurawa |
| wa-Gwamhyə | a-Gwamhyə | d-Gwamhyə | Gwamfawa |
| wa-Mba | a-Mba | ? | Kokanawa |
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References
- Gwamhi-Wuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gwamhi-Wuri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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