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The Kamuku languages are a branch of the Kainji languages spoken by the Kamuku people of Niger State, western Nigeria, mostly in Mariga and Rafi LGAs.

Kamuku
EthnicityKamuku people
Geographic
distribution
Niger State, western Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Glottologkamu1261

Although formerly classified as Kamuku, Pongu is now placed in a related branch, the Pongu (Shiroro) languages, and Western Acipa (Cipu) with the Kambari languages.


Languages



Blench (2012)


Blench (2012) lists the following Kamuku languages and their sociolinguistic situations. Kamuku internal classification can be briefly summarised as:[1]

‘Yara, or Cinda-Regi-Kuki-Kuru-Maruba, is the largest Kamuku subgroup. There are four main Cinda-Regi varieties, Cinda, Regi, Orogo, and Kuki. Kuru and Maruba, both named after villages, are close to each other. Shiyabe is close to tuRogo. However, Rogo can refer to two varieties, namely a Cinda-Regi variety and another non-Cinda-Regi variety (Rogo II). Səgəmuk (Zubazuba), Tushyabe, and Turubaruba are all spoken in Igwama town of Mariga LGA, Niger State.

Kagare (Kwagere[2]) is spoken in Unguwar Tanko village. There is partial intelligibility with Cinda, Regi and Səgəmuk (Zubazuba).

Names for various Kamuku languages:

Common name (root)One personPeopleLanguage
Names for various Kamuku languages
UcindaBucindauCindatuCinda
RegiBuregiuRegiTuregi
RɔgoBɔrɔgou-rɔgɔTurɔgo
CanjaBucanjaUcanjaTucanja
BɔromaMutabɔromaUtabɔromaTabɔroma
ShamaBushamaUshamaTushama
SambugaBusambugaUsambugaTusambuga
SundurabuSundurauSunduraTusundura

Extinct languages

Extinct Kamuku languages:[1]


Blench (2018)


Kamuku classification by Blench (2018):[3]

Kamuku

Each lect is generally identified with an individual hill in the Mariga area of Niger State.[3]


See also



References


  1. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. 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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