Laru language

Laru
Laru
Person	Shen
Language	Shen gwe

Laru
Laru
Shen
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Niger State
Native speakers	(6,000 cited 1995–2014)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Kainji Lake? Laru; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Laru (Shen); Cuba (Tsucuba, Shuba);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; lan – Laru; cbq – Cuba
Glottolog	laru1238 Laru/Shen; cuba1236 Cuba/Shuba
ELP	Shen

Laru (Laro, also Shen or Sengwe^[2]) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. It has one dialect: Cuba (Tsucuba, Shuba). Speakers are shifting to Busa.

Dialects

There are three dialects of Shen, spoken in the following villages.^[3]

Kárábàndéi and Sànsání
Sàːgúnú4, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Barkatai
Mɔ̀nːáĩ, Sáŋkʷà, and Màláːlé

The major villages, ordered from largest to smallest, are Sàːgúnú, Kárábàndéi, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Mɔ̀nːáĩ. There are fewer than 4,000 speakers.

Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Laru villages as Karabonde, Leshigbe, Luma, Monnai, Sansanni, and Shagunu.

References

^ Laru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Cuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ McGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.
^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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

[McGillKainji-2] McGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.

[Blench-3] Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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