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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

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.[2] Niragu speakers live directly to the north of Tugbiri speakers.

Numerals edit

Gbiri-Niragu has, or had, a duodecimal number system.[3]

Aniragu Tugbiri
1 inu -də
2 bao -ba
3 taro -tar
4 nazo -naaz
5 ishiko kishii
6 tashi kʊtashɨ
7 sunduri kusundəri
8 nanas kʊnaaz
9 kishanoas kutururi
A12 (10) akernaba -ikeranaba
B12 (11) kitishui -lyem
1012 (12) ripiri -kpiri

References edit

  1. ^ Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^


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