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(Redirected from Niragu language) Language of Nigeria
Gbiri-Niragu
Gure-Kahugu
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State
Native speakers25,000 (2000)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Gbiri (Gure)
  • Niragu (Kahugu)
Language codes
ISO 639-3grh
Glottologgbir1241

Gbiri-Niragu, also known as Gure-Kahugu, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.

Tugbiri is the name of the language of the Gbiri people, and is spoken in and around the village of Gure in Lere LGA, southern Kaduna State. Niragu speakers live directly to the north of Tugbiri speakers.

Numerals

Gbiri-Niragu has, or had, a duodecimal number system.

Aniragu Tugbiri
1 inu -də
2 bao -ba
3 taro -tar
4 nazo -naaz
5 ishiko kishii
6 tashi kʊtashɨ
7 sunduri kusundəri
8 nanas kʊnaaz
9 kishanoas kutururi
A12 (10) akernaba -ikeranaba
B12 (11) kitishui -lyem
1012 (12) ripiri -kpiri

References

  1. Gbiri-Niragu 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.
  3. Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'
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