Bauchi language

Not to be confused with North Bauchi languages.
Bauchi
Native to Nigeria
Region Niger State
Ethnicity Bauchi
Native speakers
unknown (20,000 cited 1988)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bsf
Glottolog bauc1238[2]

Bauchi (Bauci, Baushi) is a Kainji language spoken in Nigeria.

Bauchi has a number of distinct dialects:

Samburu, Ndəkə (Madaka), Hupɨnɨ, Wãyã (Wayam), Rubu, Mɨɨn, shikira, shana, undu,

References

  1. Bauchi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bauchi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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