Piti | |
Nativename: | Bishi |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Lere and Kauru, Kaduna State |
Date: | 2013 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Kainji |
Fam5: | East Kainji |
Fam6: | Piti–Atsam |
Iso3: | pcn |
Glotto: | piti1243 |
Glottorefname: | Piti |
People: | Abishi |
Root: | Bishi[1] |
Piti (Pitti, Bishi, Bisi) is a minor Kainji language of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Bishi speakers live in at least 26 villages.
Ngmgbang (Riban, Rigmgbang) was formerly listed as a dialect of Bishi, but is clearly a distinct although related language. It is spoken in a few villages in Kaduna State.[2]