Bauchi (Bauci, Baushi) is a cluster of Kainji languages spoken in Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State, Nigeria.

Bauchi
Native toNigeria
RegionRafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State
EthnicityBauchi
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1988)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsf
Glottologbauc1238
Zora[2]
PersonuZora
PeopleaZora
LanguageiZora
Hɨpɨna[2]
PersonVihɨpɨna
PeopleVihɨpɨna
LanguageTihɨpɨna
Mɨn[2]
PersonVʷinyi Mɨn
PeopleAyi Mɨn
LanguageTiimɨn
Dәkә[2]
PersonVundәk
PeopleAndәka
LanguageTundәkә
Wãyã[2]
PersonVũwãyã
PeopleÃwãyã
LanguageTũwãyã

Languages

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The Baushi languages are (Blench 2012):[3]

  • Samburu
  • Ndəkə (Madaka) - three clans: Undo, Sambora, Jibwa[3]
  • Hupɨnɨ (Supana)
  • Wãyã (Wayam)
  • Rubu
  • Mɨɨn

Blench (2018) lists the Baushi languages as Ndəkə, Hɨpɨn, Mɨɨ, Rub, Samburu, and Wãyã.[4]

Phonology

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The Bauchi languages have a set of unusual sounds for the area, called "linguo-labials" by Blench. They are similar to the interdental approximants of the Philippines, where the tongue can protrude slightly over the lower lip.

References

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  1. ^ Bauchi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c d e Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ a b Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  4. ^ Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323