Reshe language

Reshe
Native to Nigeria
Region Kebbi State, Niger State
Ethnicity Gungawa, Yaurawa (Yauri)
Native speakers
44,000 (1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 res
Glottolog resh1242[2]
People Bareshe
Language Tsureshe

Reshe is the most divergent of the Kainji languages of Nigeria.[3] It is spoken on the northern and southern sides of Kainji Lake.[4]

References

  1. Reshe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Reshe". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. "Roger Blench: Reshe language". www.rogerblench.info. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  4. "Nigeria, Map 1". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-16.


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