Bunu language (Nigeria) explained

Bunu
Also Known As:	Ribina
States:	Nigeria
Region:	Toro LGA, Bauchi State
Speakers:	4,000
Date:	2004
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Benue–Congo
Fam4:	Kainji
Fam5:	East Kainji
Fam6:	Shammo
Glotto:	ribi1243
Glottorefname:	Ribina

Bunu or Ribina (Rebina, Rubunu) is an East Kainji language^[1] of Toro LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria belonging to the Shammo cluster.^[2]

Villages

It is spoken in the villages of:^[2]

• Rinjin Gani
• Ribina
• Pingana

Demographics

Speaker estimates include:^[2]

• 2,000 speakers in 1971
• 4,000 speakers in 2004

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.