Gwamhi-Wuri language
(Redirected from Lyase language)
| Gwamhi-Wuri | |
|---|---|
| Lyase | |
| Lyase-Ne | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kebbi, Niger State |
Native speakers | (16,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bga |
| Glottolog | gwam1244 |
| ELP | Gwamhi-Wuri |
| Gwamhi[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | wa-Gwamhi |
| People | a-Gwamhi |
| Wuri[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | wa-Wuri |
| People | a-Wuri |
Gwamhi-Wuri (Wurə-Gwamhyə-Mba), or Lyase, is a Kainji language[3] of Nigeria. There are three varieties which have only slight differences. "Lyase-Ne" means "mother tongue". The Mba people, known in Hausa as Kokanawa, were recently reported by Blench (2012).[4]
Names
[edit]Names for the languages and peoples:[4]
| One person | The people | The language | Hausa name |
|---|---|---|---|
| wa-Wəri | a-Wəri | d-Wəri | Wurawa |
| wa-Gwamhyə | a-Gwamhyə | d-Gwamhyə | Gwamfawa |
| wa-Mba | a-Mba | ? | Kokanawa |
References
[edit]- ↑ Gwamhi-Wuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Gwamhi-Wuri". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1 2 Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.