Laru language

Laru (Laro, also Shen or Sengwe[3]) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. It has one dialect: Cuba (Shuba). Speakers are shifting to Busa.

Not to be confused with Laro language.
Laru
Shen
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1995–2014)[1]
Dialects
  • Laru (Shen)
  • Cuba (Shuba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
lan – Laru
cbq – Cuba
Glottologlaru1238  Laru/Shen
cuba1236  Cuba/Shuba
ELPShen[2]
Laru
PersonShen
LanguageShen gwe

Dialects

There are three dialects of Shen, spoken in the following villages.[4]

  • Kárábàndéi and Sànsání
  • Sàːgúnú4, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Barkatai
  • Mɔ̀nːáĩ, Sáŋkʷà, and Màláːlé

The major villages, ordered from largest to smallest, are Sàːgúnú, Kárábàndéi, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Mɔ̀nːáĩ. There are fewer than 4,000 speakers.

Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Laru villages as Karabonde, Leshigbe, Luma, Monnai, Sansanni, and Shagunu.

References
  1. Laru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Cuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Shen.
  3. McGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.
  4. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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