Gwari is a kwa 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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Gwari | |
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Native to | Nigeria. |
Region | Abuja, Kaduna State, Niger State, Kogi State, and Nasarawa State. |
Ethnicity | Gbagyi people |
Native speakers | (600,000 Gbagyi cited 1991)[1] 800,000 Gbari (2002) |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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ISO 639-3 | Either:gbr – Gbagyigby – Gbari |
Glottolog | gbag1256 |
Gbagye is also known as Gwari-Matai or Gwarin Ngenge, which are recently adopted cover terms.[2]
There are two separate Gbagyi groups living in:[2]
Gbagye is the only Nupoid language that has the bilabial implosive /ɓ/.[2]
Gbagyi (also known as Gwari) is a cover term for all the Gbari-speaking peoples, and includes many varieties.[2]
Gbari-Yama is a cover term used for all southern Gbari dialects. There are two closely related dialects, which are:[2]
Gbedegi is an extinct language (possibly a Nupe dialect) spoken near Mokwa (Nadel 1941).[2]
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