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Gwamhi-Wuri (Wurə-Gwamhyə-Mba), or Lyase, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. There are three varieties, which have only slight differences. "Lyase-Ne" means 'mother tongue'.

The Mba people, known in Hausa as Kokanawa, were recently reported by Blench (2012).[3]

Names

Names for the languages and peoples:[3]

One person The people The language Hausa name
wa-Wəri a-Wəri d-Wəri Wurawa
wa-Gwamhyə a-Gwamhyə d-Gwamhyə Gwamfawa
wa-Mba a-Mba ? Kokanawa

References

  1. ^ Gwamhi-Wuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ a b Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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