Cinda-Regi language

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Cinda-Regi
‘Yara
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State, Kaduna State
EthnicityKamuku people
Native speakers
45,000 (2010)[1]
Dialects
  • Cinda
  • Regi
  • Tiyal
Language codes
ISO 639-3cdr
Glottologcind1241
Cinda
PersonbuCinda
PeopleuCinda
LanguagetuCinda
Regi
PersonbuRegi
PeopleuRegi
LanguagetuRegi
Kuki
PersonbuKuki
PeopleuKuki
LanguagetuKuki

Cinda-Regi (‘Yara) is a language complex of Nigeria belonging to the Kamuku branch of Kainji languages.

Varieties[]

There are four main Cinda-Regi varieties: Cinda, Regi, Orogo, and Kuki language. Kuru and Maruba, both named after villages, are close to each other. Shiyabe is close to tuRogo. However, Rogo can refer to two varieties, namely a Cinda-Regi variety and another non-Cinda-Regi variety (Rogo II).[2]

Names[]

Names for the Cinda-Regi languages:[2]

Common name (root) One person People Language
Names for the Cinda-Regi languages
Cinda buCinda uCinda tuCinda
Regi buRegi uRegi tuRegi
Rogo bɔRɔgo oRogo tòRógó
Kuki buKuki Kuki tuKuki
Kuru
Maruba
Shiyabe

References[]

  1. ^ Cinda-Regi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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