Bauchi language

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

Bauchi
Native toNigeria
RegionRafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State
EthnicityBauchi
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1988)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsf
Glottologbauc1238
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

Languages

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

  • Samburu
  • Ndəkə (Madaka) - three clans: Undo, Sambora, Jibwa[3]
  • Hupɨnɨ (Supana)
  • Wãyã (Wayam)
  • Rubu
  • Mɨɨn

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.

References

  1. Bauchi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. 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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