Ɗuwai language explained

Ɗuwai
States:	Nigeria
Region:	Yobe State, Kano State
Date:	2000
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:	Chadic
Fam3:	West Chadic
Fam4:	Bade–Warji
Fam5:	Bade (B.1)
Iso3:	dbp
Glotto:	duwa1244
Glottorefname:	Duwai

Ɗuwai (Dó:aí) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Jigawa and Kano States, Nigeria.

Writing System

Duwai alphabet^[1]

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

R̃

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

ə

a

b

ɓ

c

d

ɗ

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

ŋ

o

p

r

r̃

s

t

u

v

w

y

ʼy

z

External links

• Duwai language resources from UCLA
• Duwai language dictionary
• OLAC resources in and about the Duwai language

Notes and References

1. Book: Dagona, Bala Wakili . Russell G. Schuh . Bade-English-Hausa dictionary (Western Dialect) . Yobe Languages Research Project . 2009 . vii . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128201247/http://aflang.linguistics.ucla.edu/Yobe/Dictionaries/BadeW_english_hausa_2009.pdf . 28 November 2016.