Ciwogai language

Ciwogai
	Tsagu
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	2,000 (1995) [1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bade–Warji Warji (B.2) Ciwogai; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tgd
Glottolog	ciwo1236 [2]

Last updated March 20, 2019

Ciwogai (Tsagu) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.^[1]

Bauchi, usually referred to as Bauchi State to distinguish it from the city of Bauchi, is a state in northern Nigeria. Its capital is the city of Bauchi. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area now in Gombe State, which became a distinct state in 1996.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.

Notes

1 2 Ciwogai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ciwogai". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] 1 2 Ciwogai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ciwogai". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.