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Bunu language (Nigeria)

Bunu language (Nigeria)

Kainji language spoken in Nigeria

Bunu or Ribina (Rebina, Rubunu) is an East Kainji language[2] of Toro LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria belonging to the Shammo cluster.[1]

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Villages

It is spoken in the villages of:[1]

  • Rinjin Gani
  • Ribina
  • Pingana

Demographics

Speaker estimates include:[1]

  • 2,000 speakers in 1971
  • 4,000 speakers in 2004

References

  1. [1]
    Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323


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