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Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by the Gbagyi people, which make up over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West Gwari) and Gbagyi (East Gwari), which have some difficulty in communication; sociolinguistically they are distinct languages.
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Gbari | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Abuja, Kaduna State, Niger State, and Nasarawa State |
Ethnicity | Gbagyi people |
Native speakers | 1,290,000 Gbagyi (2020)[1] 550,000 Gbari (2020) |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:gbr – Gbarigby – Gbagyi |
Glottolog | gbag1256 |
Gbagye is also known as Gwari-Matai or Gwarin Ngenge, which are recently adopted cover terms.[4]
There are two separate Gbagyi groups living in:[4]
Gbagye is the only Nupoid language that has the bilabial implosive /ɓ/.[4]
Gbagyi (also known as Gwari) is a cover term for all the Gbari-speaking peoples, and includes many varieties.[4]
Gbari-Yama is a cover term used for all southern Gbari dialects. There are two closely related dialects, which are:[4]
Gbedegi is an extinct language (possibly a Nupe dialect) spoken near Mokwa (Nadel 1941).[4]
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