| Bauchi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State |
| Ethnicity | Bauchi |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1988)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bsf |
| Glottolog | bauc1238 |
| Zora2 | |
|---|---|
| Person | uZora |
| People | aZora |
| Language | iZora |
| Hɨpɨna2 | |
|---|---|
| Person | Vihɨpɨna |
| People | Vihɨpɨna |
| Language | Tihɨpɨna |
| Mɨn2 | |
|---|---|
| Person | Vʷinyi Mɨn |
| People | Ayi Mɨn |
| Language | Tiimɨn |
| Dәkә2 | |
|---|---|
| Person | Vundәk |
| People | Andәka |
| Language | Tundәkә |
| Wãyã2 | |
|---|---|
| Person | Vũwãyã |
| People | Ãwãyã |
| Language | Tũwãyã |
Bauchi (Bauci, Baushi) is a cluster of Kainji languages3 spoken in Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State, Nigeria.
Languages
The Baushi languages are (Blench 2012):4
- Samburu
- Ndəkə (Madaka) - three clans: Undo, Sambora and Jibwa4
- Hupɨnɨ (Supana)
- Wãyã (Wayam)
- Rubu
- Mɨɨn
Blench (2018) lists the Baushi languages as Ndəkə, Hɨpɨn, Mɨɨ, Rub, Samburu, and Wãyã.5
Phonology
The Bauchi languages have a set of unusual sounds for the area, called "linguo-labials" by Blench. They are similar to the interdental approximants of the Philippines, where the tongue can protrude slightly over the lower lip.
References
References
- Bauchi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Bauchi". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- 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