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 toNigeria
RegionKebbi, Niger State
Native speakers
16,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bga
Glottologgwam1244[2]
Gwamhi[3]
Personwa-Gwamhi
Peoplea-Gwamhi
Wuri[3]
Personwa-Wuri
Peoplea-Wuri

The Mba people, known locally as Kokanawa, were recently reported by Blench (2012).[4]

Names

Names for the languages and peoples:[4]

One personThe peopleThe languageHausa name
wa-Wəria-Wərid-WəriWurawa
wa-Gwamhyəa-Gwamhyəd-GwamhyəGwamfawa
wa-Mbaa-Mba?Kokanawa
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References

  1. Gwamhi-Wuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gwamhi-Wuri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  4. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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