Laru language

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Laru
Shen
Native to Nigeria
Region Niger State
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1995–2014) [1]
Dialects
  • Laru (Shen)
  • Cuba (Tsucuba, Shuba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
lan  – Laru
cbq  – Cuba
Glottolog laru1238   Laru/Shen
cuba1236   Cuba/Shuba
ELP Shen
Laru
PersonShen
LanguageShen gwe

Laru (Laro, also Shen or Sengwe [2] ) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. It has one dialect: Cuba (Tsucuba, Shuba), sometimes identified as a separate language. [3] Speakers are shifting to Busa.

Dialects

There are three dialects of Shen, spoken in the following villages. [4]

The major villages, ordered from largest to smallest, are Sàːgúnú, Kárábàndéi, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Mɔ̀nːáĩ. There are fewer than 4,000 speakers.

Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Laru villages as Karabonde, Leshigbe, Luma, Monnai, Sansanni, and Shagunu.

References

  1. ↑ Laru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Cuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ McGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald (September 2015). "Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices". Language. 91 (3): s1 –s188. doi:10.1353/lan.2015.0049. ISSN   1535-0665.
  4. ↑ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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