Gbiri-Niragu language
| Gbiri-Niragu | |
|---|---|
| Gure-Kahugu | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2000)[1] |
| Dialects |
Gbiri (Gure)
Niragu (Kahugu)
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
grh |
| Glottolog |
gbir1241[2] |
Gbiri-Niragu, also known as Gure-Kahugu, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.
Numerals
Gbiri-Niragu has, or had, a duodecimal number system.[3]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A (10) | B (11) | 1012 (12) | |
| Kahugu | inu | bao | taro | nazo | ishiko | tashi | sunduri | nanas | kishanoas | akernaba | kitishui | ripiri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gure | -in | -ba | -tar | -nas | -shi | -tashe | -sunderi | konas | -torore | -ikeranaba | -lyem | -ikpiri |
References
- ↑ Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gbiri-Niragu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'
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