| Gwari | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Nigeria |
| Region | Niger State, Nassarawa State |
| Ethnicity | Ebira people |
| Native speakers | 700,000 Gbagyi (1991) 350,000 Gbari (2002) |
| Language family |
Niger–Congo
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | either: gbr – Gbagyi gby – Gbari |
Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West Gwari) and Gbagyi (East Gwari), which have some difficulty in communication; sociolinguistically they are distinct languages.