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Rigwe
Nkarigwe
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State, Kaduna State
Native speakers	(40,000 cited 1985)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Rigwe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`iri`
Glottolog	`irig1241`

Rigwe
People	Nneirigwe
Language	Nkarigwe

ɾȉgʷȅ
Person	ƴîɾìgʷȅ
People	yíɾìgʷȅ
Language	ɾȉgʷȅ

The Rigwe language, Nkarigwe, is a Plateau language of Nigeria spoken by the Irigwe people mainly found in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Rigwe has highly complex phonology. The presence of the lateral fricative /ɬ/ in Rigwe, unusual among Plateau languages, suggests that there used to be West Chadic languages in the area with this phoneme.

Phonology

Rigwe phonology:

Rigwe Consonants
		Bilabial			Labiodental		Dental		Alveolar			Palato-alveolar		(Alveolo-)Palatal				Velar			Labial–velar/ Glottal
		plain	pl.	lb.	plain	pal.	plain	pl.	plain	pl.	lb.	plain	lb.	plain	pl.	lb.	glo.	plain	lb.	glo.	plain	pal	glo.
Nasal	voiced	m	mʲ	mʷ	ɱ				n					ɲ, ɲː		ɲʷ		ŋ	ŋʷ, ŋʷʲ		ŋ͡m
Stop	voiceless	p	pʲ						t					c	cʲ	cʷ	ˀc	k	kʷ	ˀk	k͡p		ˀkp
Stop	voiced	b, ˀb	bʲ						d					ɟ	ɟʲ	ɟʷ		ɡ	ɡʷ	ˀɡʷ	ɡ͡b		ˀɡb
Fricative	voiceless				f	fʲ			s, ˀs			ʃ	ʃʷ, ˀʃʷ								h	hʲ
Fricative	voiced				v	vʲ	ð	ðʲ	z			ʒ	ʒʷ
Affricate	voiceless	ps							ts	tsʲ		t̠ʃ	t̠ʃʷ	tɕ	tɕʷ
Affricate	voiced											d̠ʒ	d̠ʒʷ
Approximant	voiceless								ɬ							j̊ʷ					w
Approximant	voiced								l					j		jʷ	ˀj				ʍ	ʍʲ	ˀʍ, ˀʍʲ
Tap									ɾ	ɾʲ	ɾʷ
Trill		ʙ							r	rʲ	rʷ

Rigwe Vowels
	Front		Central		Back
	Oral	Nasal	Oral	Nasal	Oral	Nasal
Close	i	ĩ			u	ũ
Close-mid	e	ẽ			o	õ
Open	ɛ	ɛ̃	a	ã	ɔ	ɔ̃

Rigwe Tones
	Toneme
High	˦
Mid	˧
Mid-low	˨
Low	˩

References

Rigwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
"Irigwe (African people)". Library of Congress. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
"Rigwe". Ethnologue. SIL International. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixes and number marking in the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 107–172. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314325
Blench, Roger (2022). Contact between West Chadic and Plateau languages: new evidence languages: new evidence. 11-12 November 2022, presentation given at Universität Wien.
"PHOIBLE 2.0 -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2022-06-10.

External links

Roger Blench: Rigwe page

Lakes

Laru (Shen)
Lopa (Rerang)
? Reshe

East

Northern	Gamo-Ningi Gyem Iguta Izora Janji Kudu-Camo Lemoro Lere Shau Ziriya
Kauru	Bina Dungu Gbiri-Niragu Kaivi Kinuku Kono Kurama Mala Ruma Shuwa-Zamani Vori (Surubu) Tumi Vono
Shammo	Zele Boze Panawa Sanga Gusu Moro Loro Bunu ? Tunzu
Other	Atsam Map Piti

Plateau

Tarokoid	Kusur–Myet Kwang Pe Shall-Zwall Tarok Yangkam
South	Ake Eggon Jijili Jili
Alumic	Alumu Toro Sambe Hasha Nigbo
Ninzic	Bu-Ninkada Ce Gbətsu Gwantu Kanufi Mada Ningye Ninka Ninkyop Ninzo Nkɔ Nungu Ayu
East	Barkul Fyam Horom
Central	Ashe (Koro) Ajuwa Cori Dangana Doka Fəràn Gwara Gyong Hyam Idon Idun Iku Izere Jju Kadara Kamanton Kulu Kuturmi Rigwe Shamang Tyap Yeskwa Zhire
Beromic	Berom Cara Iten Nincut
Yukubenic	Akum Beezen Bete Kapya Lufu Yukuben
Ndunic	Ahwai
others	Eloyi

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