Cinda-Regi language
Appearance
Cinda-Regi | |
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‘Yara | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Niger State, Kaduna State |
Ethnicity | Kamuku people |
Native speakers | 45,000 (2010)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cdr |
Glottolog | cind1241 |
Cinda | |
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Person | buCinda |
People | uCinda |
Language | tuCinda |
Regi | |
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Person | buRegi |
People | uRegi |
Language | tuRegi |
Kuki | |
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Person | buKuki |
People | uKuki |
Language | tuKuki |
Cinda-Regi (‘Yara) is a language complex of Nigeria belonging to the Kamuku branch of Kainji languages.
Varieties
There are four main Cinda-Regi varieties: Cinda, Regi, Orogo, and Kuki language. Kuru and Maruba, both named after villages, are close to each other. Shiyabe is close to tuRogo. However, Rogo can refer to two varieties, namely a Cinda-Regi variety and another non-Cinda-Regi variety (Rogo II).[2]
Names
Names for the Cinda-Regi languages:[2]
Common name (root) | One person | People | Language |
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Cinda | buCinda | uCinda | tuCinda |
Regi | buRegi | uRegi | tuRegi |
Rogo | bɔRɔgo | oRogo | tòRógó |
Kuki | buKuki | Kuki | tuKuki |
Kuru | |||
Maruba | |||
Shiyabe |
References
- ^ Cinda-Regi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.