Koro Wachi language

Koro Wachi (also Waci), natively Tinɔr and Myamya,[3] is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages spoken to the north of Keffi in Nasarawa State and Kagarko Local Government Area of southern Kaduna State in central Nigeria. Koro language is a Hausa cover term for several local languages, such as the Jilic languages. Koro Wachi forms part of a larger cultural grouping with the Ashe.[3]

Koro Wachi
Tinɔr
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State
Native speakers
150,000 (2006–2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ahs – Ashe
bqv – Begbere-Ejar
Glottologashe1269  Ashe
begb1241  Begbere-Ejar
Tinɔr[2]
PersonuTinɔr
PeoplebaTinɔr
Ìzɛ̀[2]
Personúnɛ́r ìzɛ̀
PeopleBɛ̀zɛ̀

Varieties

The Ashe share a common ethnonym with the Tinɔr-Myamya which is Uzar for 'person' (pl. Bazar for the people, and Ìzar for the language). This name is the origin of the term Ejar.

Tinɔr and Myamya constitute a language pair in the cluster. The Tinɔr-Myamya peoples actually have no common name for themselves, but refer to individual villages when speaking, and apply noun-class prefixes to the stem.[2]

Distribution

Tinor is spoken in seven villages south and west of Kubacha: Uca, Unɛr, Ùsám, Marke, Pànkòrè, Ùtúr, and Gɛshɛberẽ.[2]

Myamya is spoken in three villages north and west of Kubacha. Ùshɛ̀, Bàgàr (includes Kúràtǎm, Ùcɛr and Bɔ̀dṹ), and Bàgbwee.[2]

References
  1. Ashe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Begbere-Ejar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. "The Tinɔr [=Koro Waci] language of Central Nigeria and its affinities" (PDF). 20 May 2009. p. 1.
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