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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 – Gbari
gby – Gbagyi |
Glottolog |
gbag1256 |
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.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i ĩ | u ũ | |
Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
Open | a ã |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
Labial- velar |
Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ( ɲ) | ( ŋ) | |||
Stop/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | ( t͡ʃ) | k | k͡p | |
voiced | b | d | ( d͡ʒ) | g | ɡ͡b | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ( ʃ) | h | ||
voiced | v | z | ( ʒ) | ||||
Approximant | central | ( ɹ) | j | w | |||
lateral | l |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
Labial- velar |
Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ( ɲ) | ( ŋ) | |||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ||
voiced | b | d | g | ɡ͡b | |||
implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||
ejective | kʼ | ||||||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | ( t͡ʃ) | ||||
voiced | ( d͡ʒ) | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ( ʃ) | h | ||
voiced | v | z | ( ʒ) | ||||
Approximant | central | ( ɹ) | j | w | |||
lateral | l |
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]