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 to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2000)[1] |
| 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
Gbiri-Niragu has, or had, a duodecimal number system.[3]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A (10) | B (11) | 1012 (12) | |
| Niragu | inu | bao | taro | nazo | ishiko | tashi | sunduri | nanas | kishanoas | akernaba | kitishui | ripiri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tugbiri | -in | -ba | -tar | -nas | -shi | -tashe | -sunderi | konas | -torore | -ikeranaba | -lyem | -ikpiri |
References
- Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'
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