Waja_language

Waja language

Waja language

Savannas language of eastern Nigeria

Waja (also known as Nyan Wiyau, Wiyaa, or Wuya) is a Savannas language of Northe eastern Nigeria. Dialectical differences between Deruwo (Wajan Dutse) and Waja proper (Wajan Kasa) are slight.

Quick Facts Region, Native speakers ...

Dialects

Waja dialects:[2]

  • Wɩyáà (Wajan Kasa), spoken in ten settlements, including Talasse (main settlement that is home to the Emir of Waja).
  • Derúwò (Hill Waja or Wajan Dutse), spoken in Deri. There are two varieties:
    • Putoki, Kulani, and Degri
    • Sikkam and Degri

References

  1. [1]
    Waja at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.
Waja language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


This article about Atlantic–Congo languages is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Waja_language, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.