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Geji (Gezawa) is a minor Chadic dialect cluster of Bauchi State, Nigeria. The three varieties are Buu, Gyaazi and Mәgang. The latter two are quite close.[3]

Geji
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Chadic
    • West
      • Barawa (B.3)
        • Zaar
          • Geji
Dialects
  • Buu
  • Gyaazi & Mәgang
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
gyz  Geji (Gyazi)
zbu  Buu
Glottologgeji1246
ELPGeji
 Buu (Nigeria)[2]

Varieties


Blench (2020) lists:[3]

Zaranda is an exonym for Bu, endonym Bùù. This is clearly distinct and probably a separate language.

Gezawa, Gaejawa are exonyms for Geji, endonym Gyaazә. Bagba is a loconym.

Mәgang ('Mugan') is spoken by about 3,000-4,000 speakers in the following 8 villages of Bauchi LGA, Bauchi State (all located just to the south of Bauchi city).[3]

Megang locations
Village nameIPANotes
Byerubʲèrúp
Haɗobilangháɗòbíla᷄ŋ
Baking Kurabàkíŋ kúráHausa name
Pakimipákìmī
Beddarebéddárè
Ballabāllā
Bәm Mәgangbә̄m mә̀ga᷄ŋ
MakyeramàkʲéráHausa name

Belu and Pelu are variant spellings of Byeru, also spelled Pyaalu (Pyààlù) or Fyalu.


Numerals


The Mәgang numerals are:[3]

NumeralMәgang
oneɗéɗә᷄m
twoɗélóp
threeɗèmèkáŋ
fourɗu᷄psí
fiveɗènàntә́ŋ
sixɗә́màkā
sevenɗèníŋgī
eightɗíwsә́psı᷄
ninenētʷópsī
tenɗēkúɬ

References


  1. Geji (Gyazi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Buu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Buu (Nigeria).
  3. Blench, Roger. 2020. An introduction to Mәgang, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria.





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