Gbiri-Niragu, also known as Gure-Kahugu, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.
| Gbiri-Niragu | |
|---|---|
| Gure-Kahugu | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2000)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | grh |
| Glottolog | gbir1241 |
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
- ^ Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'