Bauchi language explained

Bauchi
States:	Nigeria
Region:	Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State
Ethnicity:	Bauchi
Speakers:	20,000
Date:	1988
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Benue–Congo
Fam4:	Kainji
Fam5:	Shiroro
Fam6:	Baushi–Fungwa
Iso3:	bsf
Glotto:	bauc1238
Glottorefname:	Bauchi

Person:	uZora
People:	aZora
Language:	iZora
Root:	Zora^[1]

Person:	Vihɨpɨna
People:	Vihɨpɨna
Language:	Tihɨpɨna
Root:	Hɨpɨna^[2]

Person:	Vʷinyi Mɨn
People:	Ayi Mɨn
Language:	Tiimɨn
Root:	Mɨn

Person:	Vundәk
People:	Andәka
Language:	Tundәkә
Root:	Dәkә

Person:	Vũwãyã
People:	Ãwãyã
Language:	Tũwãyã
Root:	Wãyã

Bauchi (Bauci, Baushi) is a cluster of Kainji languages spoken in Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State, Nigeria.

Languages

The Baushi languages are (Blench 2012):

• Samburu
• Ndəkə (Madaka) - three clans: Undo, Sambora, Jibwa^[3]
• Hupɨnɨ (Supana)
• Wãyã (Wayam)
• Rubu
• Mɨɨn

Blench (2018) lists the Baushi languages as Ndəkə, Hɨpɨn, Mɨɨ, Rub, Samburu, and Wãyã.^[4]

Phonology

The Bauchi languages have a set of unusual sounds for the area, called "linguo-labials" by Blench. They are similar to the interdental approximants of the Philippines, where the tongue can protrude slightly over the lower lip.

Notes and References

1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
2. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
3. Web site: Blench. Roger. The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2012. Cambridge.
4. 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.