Fungwa language

Fungwa, or Ura (Ula; known as Ɓura-wa in Hausa) is a Kainji language in Pandogari, Niger State, Nigeria. The same word is also used for the people; Roger Blench estimated their numbers at no more than 1,000. Farming is the main occupation of the Fungwa while pottery is also an occupation practised by the women. The Fungwa live in the five villages of Gulbe, Gabi Tukurbe, Urenciki, Renga (Ringa) and Utana along the Pandogari–Allawa road in Rafi, Nigeria.[2]

Fungwa
Ura
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ula
Glottologfung1245
Fungwa
Personbu-fúngwà
Peoplea-fungwa
Languagecì-fúngwà
  • Head of Ura district Ringa
    Head of Ura district Ringa
  • Two Ura women carrying firewoods
    Two Ura women carrying firewoods
  • Ura women and children carrying things
    Ura women and children carrying things
  • Ura village in Ringa district
    Ura village in Ringa district
  • Ura women's pots
    Ura women's pots

See also

References
  1. Fungwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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