Auyokawa language

Auyokawa
Auyokawa
Tirio
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Jigawa State
Era	attested 1924
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bade–Warji Bade (B.1) Auyo–Teshena Auyokawa; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	auo
Linguist List	auo.html
Glottolog	auyo1240
Linguasphere	19-DAD(-aa)

Last updated June 02, 2025

Auyokawa (Auyo), also known as Tirio, is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Auyo LGA, Jigawa State, Nigeria.^[2]^[3] It is known primarily from a list of numbers, the names of the days of the week, and a phrase.^[1]

Notes

1 2 Schuh, Russell G. (2001), "Shira, Teshena, Auyo: Hausa's (former) eastern neighbors", Historical Language Contact in Africa, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, vol. 16/17, Köln: Rüdiger Köppe, pp. 387–435
↑ Auyokawa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Schuh, Russell G. (2001), "Shira, Teshena, Auyo: Hausa's (former) eastern neighbors", Historical Language Contact in Africa, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, vol. 16/17, Köln: Rüdiger Köppe, pp. 387–435

[e16-2] Auyokawa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

[BlenchAtlas4-3] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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