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Kamuku languages

Kamuku
Geographic
distribution		Niger State, western Nigeria
EthnicityKamuku people
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologkamu1261

The Kamuku languages are a branch of the Kainji languages spoken by the Kamuku people of Niger State, western Nigeria, mostly in Mariga and Rafi LGAs.

Although formerly classified as Kamuku, Pongu is now placed in a related branch, the Pongu (Shiroro) languages, and Western Acipa (Cipu) with the Kambari languages.

Languages

Blench (2012)

Blench (2012) lists the following Kamuku languages and their sociolinguistic situations. Kamuku internal classification can be briefly summarised as:[1]

‘Yara, or Cinda-Regi-Kuki-Kuru-Maruba, is the largest Kamuku subgroup. There are four main Cinda-Regi varieties, Cinda, Regi, Orogo, and Kuki. 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). Səgəmuk (Zubazuba), Tushyabe, and Turubaruba are all spoken in Igwama town of Mariga LGA, Niger State.

Kagare (Kwagere[2]) is spoken in Unguwar Tanko village. There is partial intelligibility with Cinda, Regi and Səgəmuk (Zubazuba).

Names for various Kamuku languages:

Common name (root) One person People Language
Names for various Kamuku languages
Ucinda Bucinda uCinda tuCinda
Regi Buregi uRegi Turegi
Rɔgo Bɔrɔgo u-rɔgɔ Turɔgo
Canja Bucanja Ucanja Tucanja
Bɔroma Mutabɔroma Utabɔroma Tabɔroma
Shama Bushama Ushama Tushama
Sambuga Busambuga Usambuga Tusambuga
Sundura buSundura uSundura Tusundura

Extinct languages

Extinct Kamuku languages:[1]

  • Sambuga (extinct) and Shama (still spoken) are closely related.
  • Makɨci (? [məkɨci]) was an extinct Kamuku language spoken in Makɨci village and in a village cluster a few kilometres east of Igwama.
  • Ingwai (Inkwai) is extinct.
  • The village of Saya may have also spoken a Kamuku language. Ingwai and Saya speakers have both switched to Hausa.
  • Kwacika (extinct) is reported to be a Kamuku language.[2]

Blench (2018)

Kamuku classification by Blench (2018):[3]

Each lect is generally identified with an individual hill in the Mariga area of Niger State.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  2. ^ a b Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ a b 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

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