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Gusu language

Gusu is an East Kainji language of Nigeria belonging to the Shammo cluster. It is spoken in Toro LGA, Bauchi State and in Bassa LGA, Plateau State.

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Gusu
Baw
Native toNigeria
RegionToro, Bauchi State and Bassa, Plateau State
Native speakers
(2,350 cited 1936)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologgusu1242
Baw
PersononoBaw
PeopleaniBaw
LanguageiBaw

Gusu (Gussum, Baw) is an East Kainji language of Nigeria2 belonging to the Shammo cluster. It is spoken in Toro LGA, Bauchi State and in Bassa LGA, Plateau State.3

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References

  1. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages.
  2. 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
  3. Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.