Teshenawa language

Teshenawa
Teshenawa
Teshenanchi
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Jigawa State
Extinct	after 1927
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bade–Warji Bade (B.1) Teshenawa; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	twc
Linguist List	twc.html
Glottolog	tesh1239

Last updated May 26, 2025

Teshenawa (Teshenanchi) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Teshena town of Kafin Hausa LGA, Jigawa State, Nigeria.^[2]^[3] It was closely related to the also-extinct Auyokawa and still-living Bade.^[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
↑ Teshenawa at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
↑ 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

[e13-2] Teshenawa at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).

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

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