Koro Wachi language explained

Koro Wachi
Nativename:Tinɔr
States:Nigeria
Region:Kaduna State
Date:2006–2012
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Plateau
Fam5:Central ?
Fam6:Koroic
Lc1:ahs
Ld1:Ashe
Lc2:bqv
Ld2:Begbere-Ejar
Glotto:ashe1269
Glottoname:Ashe
Glotto2:begb1241
Glottoname2:Begbere-Ejar
5:Tinɔr
5:Ìzɛ̀

Koro Wachi (also Waci), natively Tinɔr and Myamya,[1] is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages spoken to the north of Keffi in Nasarawa State Kagarko Local Government Area and Jema'a Local Government of southern Kaduna State in central Nigeria. Koro Wachi forms part of a larger cultural grouping with the Ashe.

Varieties

The Ashe share a common ethnonym with the Tinɔr-Myamya which is Uzar for 'person' (pl. Bazar for the people, and Ìzar for the language). This name is the origin of the term Ejar.

Tinɔr and Myamya constitute a language pair in the cluster. The Tinɔr-Myamya peoples actually have no common name for themselves, but refer to individual villages when speaking, and apply noun-class prefixes to the stem.[2]

Distribution

Tinor is spoken in seven villages south and west of Kubacha: Uca, Unɛr, Ùsám, Marke, Pànkòrè, Ùtúr, and Gɛshɛberẽ.[2]

Myamya is spoken in three villages north and west of Kubacha. Ùshɛ̀, Bàgàr (includes Kúràtǎm, Ùcɛr and Bɔ̀dṹ), and Bàgbwee.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Tinɔr [=Koro Waci] language of Central Nigeria and its affinities]. 20 May 2009. 1.
  2. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.