Gwara language explained

Gwara
Nativename:iGwara
Region:Kaduna State, Nassarawa State
States:Nigeria
Speakers:a few hundred fluent speakers to < 3,000 with some knowledge
Date:2009
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Plateau
Fam5:Central ?
Fam6:Koroic
Iso3:none
Glotto:gwar1240
Glottorefname:Gwara
Person:uŋGwara
People:aGwara
Language:iGwara
Root:Gwara[1]

Gwara (iGwara) is a newly discovered Plateau language of Nigeria. It was first reported by Roger Blench in 2009. There are marked similarities with the related language Idun, but some of these may be due to borrowing.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
  2. Roger Blench (2009), "Gwara, an unknown language of Central Nigeria"