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Gbiri-Niragu language

Gbiri-Niragu language

Language of Nigeria

Gbiri-Niragu, also known as Gure-Kahugu, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. [3]
    Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'


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