Pongu (Pangu), or Rin, is a Kainji language spoken in Nigeria. There are about 20,000 speakers. Their main centre is in Pangu Gari town of Niger State, about 20 kilometres southeast of Tegina.[2]
There are 8 Rin clans. They speak slightly different but mutually comprehensible dialects.[2]
Ca-su
Ca-undu
A-sebi
Ca-gere = Ca-majere
A-baba = U-bwɔbwɔ
A-wusi = A-kwa
A-zhiga
A-waga = Awәgә
The Awәgә may have been a different ethnic group that was assimilated into the Rin group. Awәgә was a distinct language related to Rin, and used to be spoken in some villages to the east of Zungeru. However, today it is nearly extinct. Blench (2012) was able to record a semi-speaker in Dikko village, near Luwa town, Rafi LGA. Two fluent speakers were reported in Gidan Gambo, near Pongu Gari.[2]
Bibliographyedit
Dettweiler, Stephen and Sonia Dettweiler (2002) 'Sociolinguistic survey of the Pongu people', SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-040
Referencesedit
^Pongu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ abcBlench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Further readingedit
Sociolinguistic survey of the Pongu people
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