ISO_639:aye

Ayere language

Ayere language

Volta–Niger language spoken in Nigeria

Ayere (Uwu) is a divergent Volta–Niger language of Nigeria, closely related only to Ahaan.

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It is named after Ayere village in Ijumu LGA, Kogi State.[2] The village of Ayere roughly consists of 10,000 people, according to the census.[citation needed]

Distribution

According to Ethnologue, Ayere is spoken in:

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ayere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger. 2007. The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities.



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