Gbiri-Niragu language
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| Gbiri-Niragu | |
|---|---|
| Gure-Kahugu | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | grh |
| Glottolog | gbir1241 |
| Gbiri | |
|---|---|
| Person | uGbiri |
| People | əGbiri |
| Language | tuGbiri |
Gbiri-Niragu, also known as Gure-Kahugu, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.[2] Speakers are shifting to Hausa.
Tugbiri is the name of the language of the Gbiri people,[3] and is spoken in and around the village of Gure in Lere LGA, southern Kaduna State.[4] Aniragu speakers live directly to the north of Tugbiri speakers.
Morphology
[edit source]Singular and plural nouns are differentiated using alternating prefixes.[5]
Numerals
[edit source]Gbiri-Niragu has, or had, a duodecimal number system.[6]
| 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 source]- ↑ Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Gbiri-Niragu". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2025. Noun morphology of the TuGbiri language [grh of Central Nigeria]. Cambridge: Kay William Educational Foundation (KWEF).
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2026. Phonology of the Tugbiri Language [grh of Central Nigeria]. Cambridge: Kay William Educational Foundation (KWEF).
- ↑ Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'