Kambari languages

Kambari
Ethnicity	Kambari, mostly Cipu
Geographic; distribution	Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Kambari; ; ; ;
Glottolog	kamb1317[1]

The Kambari languages (also Kamberi) are a cluster of Kainji languages spoken in northwestern Nigeria. They are:[2][3]

Cipu (Western Acipa)
Kambari proper
- Kambari I: Gadi, Vadi (Kakihum?), Shingini, Baangi, ? Yumu
- Kambari II: Kimba, Gaushi, Wənci

There are three varieties of Kambari: Agwara Kambari, Salka Kambari and Auna Kambari.

References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kambari–Cicipu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Roger Blench, 2010. The Kambari languages
Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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