Bauchi language

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Bauchi
Native to Nigeria
Region Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State
EthnicityBauchi
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1988) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bsf
Glottolog bauc1238
Zora [2]
PersonuZora
PeopleaZora
LanguageiZora
Hɨpɨna [2]
PersonVihɨpɨna
PeopleVihɨpɨna
LanguageTihɨpɨna
Mɨn [2]
PersonVʷinyi Mɨn
PeopleAyi Mɨn
LanguageTiimɨn
Dәkә [2]
PersonVundәk
PeopleAndәka
LanguageTundәkә
Wãyã [2]
PersonVũwãyã
PeopleÃwãyã
LanguageTũwãyã

Bauchi (Bauci, Baushi) is a cluster of Kainji languages spoken in Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State, Nigeria.

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Languages

The Baushi languages are (Blench 2012): [3]

Blench (2018) lists the Baushi languages as Ndəkə, Hɨpɨn, Mɨɨ, Rub, Samburu, and Wãyã. [4]

Phonology

The Bauchi languages have a set of unusual sounds for the area, called "linguo-labials" by Blench. They are similar to the interdental approximants of the Philippines, where the tongue can protrude slightly over the lower lip.

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References

  1. ↑ Bauchi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. 1 2 Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  4. ↑ Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi : 10.5281/zenodo.1314323



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