Miya language
Miya | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mkf |
Glottolog | miya1266 |
Miya (Miyawa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.[1] It is also referred to as "vә́na mίy" translating to "mouth of miy".[2] There are approximately 5,000 speakers of Miya. It is related to languages such as Hausa, which the Miya people sometimes borrow from.
Grammar[]
Verb morphology[]
Miya's verb morphology is suprasegmental, where the masculine first person is marked with a high tone.
Noun classes[]
Miya's noun class is divided between feminine and masculine, as well as a divider on morphology between animate and inanimate nouns. Noun classes where all nouns are under the class of feminine of masculine is called grammatical gender.
Notes[]
Further reading[]
- Russell G. Schuh. 1998. A Grammar of Miya. University of California Publications in Linguistics 130. Berkeley: University of California Press.
External links[]
- Miya language materials from UCLA
Categories:
- West Chadic languages
- Languages of Nigeria
- West Chadic language stubs
- Nigeria stubs