Hasha language explained

Hasha
Also Known As:Yashi
Nativename:hàʃà
States:Nigeria
Region:Nassarawa State
Speakers:3,000
Date:1999
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Plateau
Fam5:Alumic
Fam6:Hasha–Sambe
Iso3:ybj
Glotto:hash1238
Glottorefname:Hasha
Person:háʃà
People:háʃa
Language:hàʃà
Root:haʃa[1]

Hasha, also known as Yashi, is a Plateau language of Nasarawa State Nigeria. It has an idiosyncratic system of reduplicating the first syllable of noun stems, apparently under the influence of the Chadic language Sha.

Hasha is spoken by about 3,000 people in Kwààn (Yàshì Sarki; Bwora), which is the main settlement, and also in the two nearby villages of Hàshàsu (Yàshì Pá) and Hùsù (Yàshì Madaki; Kusu).[1] [2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Blench, Roger. 2012. The Hasha (Yashi) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
  2. Blench, Roger. M. 1999. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios, 11:11:14.