Bunu language (Nigeria)

Bunu
Bunu
Ribina
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Toro LGA, Bauchi State
Native speakers	4,000 (2004)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji East Kainji Shammo Bunu; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	ribi1243

Bunu or Ribina (Rebina, Rubunu) is an East Kainji language[2] of Toro LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria belonging to the Shammo cluster.[1]

Villages

It is spoken in the villages of:[1]

Speaker estimates include:[1]

Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
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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