Ɗuwai language

Ɗuwai (Dó:aí) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Jigawa and Kano States, Nigeria.[1]

Ɗuwai
Native toNigeria
RegionYobe State, Kano State
Native speakers
11,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dbp
Glottologduwa1244

Writing System

Duwai alphabet[2]
ƏABƁC DƊEFG HIJKL MNŊOP RSTU VWYʼYZ
əabɓc dɗefg hijkl mnŋop rstu vwyʼyz

Notes

  1. Ɗuwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Dagona, Bala Wakili (2009). Russell G. Schuh (ed.). Bade-English-Hausa dictionary (Western Dialect) (PDF). Yobe Languages Research Project. p. vii. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2016.


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