Gbiri-Niragu language

Gbiri-Niragu
Gbiri-Niragu
Gure-Kahugu
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Native speakers	25,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji East Kainji Gbiri-Niragu; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gbiri (Gure); Niragu (Kahugu);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	grh
Glottolog	gbir1241

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.^[2] Niragu speakers live directly to the north of Tugbiri speakers.

Numerals

Gbiri-Niragu has, or had, a duodecimal number system.^[3]

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A (10)	B (11)	10₁₂ (12)
Niragu	inu	bao	taro	nazo	ishiko	tashi	sunduri	nanas	kishanoas	akernaba	kitishui	ripiri
Tugbiri	-in	-ba	-tar	-nas	-shi	-tashe	-sunderi	konas	-torore	-ikeranaba	-lyem	-ikpiri

References

^ Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
^ Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'

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[e18-1] Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Blench-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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