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Bunu language (Nigeria)

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Kainji language spoken in Nigeria
Bunu
Ribina
Native toNigeria
RegionToro LGA, Bauchi State
Native speakers4,000 (2004)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologribi1243
Bunu
PersonAnorubuna
PeopleÀnarubùnu
LanguageÌbunu

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

Villages

It is spoken in the villages of:

  • Rinjin Gani
  • Ribina
  • Pingana

Demographics

Speaker estimates include:

  • 2,000 speakers in 1971
  • 4,000 speakers in 2004

References

  1. ^ Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
  2. 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
Platoid languages
Jukunoid
Kainji
Kambari
Basa
Kamuku
Shiroro
Northwest
Lakes
East
Northern
Kauru
Shammo
Other
Plateau
Tarokoid
South
Alumic
Ninzic
East
Central
Beromic
Yukubenic
Ndunic
others


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