Gwamhi-Wuri language

Gwamhi-Wuri
Lyase
Lyase-Ne
Native to Nigeria
Region Kebbi, Niger State
Native speakers
16,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bga
Glottolog gwam1244[2]

Gwamhi-Wuri (Wurə-Gwamhyə-Mba), or Lyase, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. It is named after its two dialects, which have only slight differences. "Lyase-Ne" means 'mother togue'.

References

  1. Gwamhi-Wuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Gwamhi-Wuri". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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