Gwara language

Gwara^[2]
Gwara
Person	uŋGwara
People	aGwara
Language	iGwara

Gwara
Gwara
iGwara
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State, Nassarawa State
Native speakers	a few hundred fluent speakers to < 3,000 with some knowledge (2009)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Koroic Gwara; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	gwar1240

Last updated December 17, 2025

Gwara (iGwara) is a newly reported Plateau language ^[3] of Nigeria. It was first noted in the literature by Roger Blench in 2009. There are marked similarities with the related language Idun, but some of these may be due to borrowing.^[1]

References

1 2 Roger Blench (2009), "Gwara, an unknown language of Central Nigeria"
↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gwara". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[Blench-1] 1 2 Roger Blench (2009), "Gwara, an unknown language of Central Nigeria"

[BlenchAtlas4-2] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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

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Gwara
iGwara
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State, Nassarawa State
Native speakers	a few hundred fluent speakers to < 3,000 with some knowledge (2009)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Koroic Gwara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`gwar1240`