Gwamhi-Wuri | |
Also Known As: | Lyase |
Nativename: | Lyase-Ne |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Kebbi, Niger State |
Speakers: | 16,000 |
Date: | 2000 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Kainji |
Fam5: | Northwest Kainji |
Iso3: | bga |
Glotto: | gwam1244 |
Glottorefname: | Gwamhi-Wuri |
Person: | wa-Gwamhi |
People: | a-Gwamhi |
Root: | Gwamhi[1] |
Person: | wa-Wuri |
People: | a-Wuri |
Root: | Wuri |
Gwamhi-Wuri (Wurə-Gwamhyə-Mba), or Lyase, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. There are three varieties, which have only slight differences. "Lyase-Ne" means 'mother tongue'.
The Mba people, known in Hausa as Kokanawa, were recently reported by Blench (2012).[2]
Names for the languages and peoples:
One person | The people | The language | Hausa name | |
---|---|---|---|---|
wa-Wəri | a-Wəri | d-Wəri | Wurawa | |
wa-Gwamhyə | a-Gwamhyə | d-Gwamhyə | Gwamfawa | |
wa-Mba | a-Mba | ? | Kokanawa |