Shiroro languages

Shiroro
	Pongu
Geographic; distribution	Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Shiroro; ; ; ;
Glottolog	shir1275[1]

The Shiroro languages, also known as the Pongu languages, form a branch of the Kainji languages of Nigeria. They are spoken near Shiroro Lake.

Languages

There are four basic divisions within Shiroro:[2]

Pongu (Rin) cluster, Gurmana
Baushi cluster, Fungwa (Ura)

Baushi is a language that constitutes half a dozen languages.

Footnotes

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

References

Roger Blench, The Shiroro languages

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Shiroro". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Blench-2] Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.