Tunzu language explained

Tunzu
Also Known As:Tunzuii
Nativename:Duguza
States:Nigeria
Region:Plateau State and Bauchi State
Speakers:2,500
Date:2003
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Kainji
Fam5:East Kainji
Fam6:? Shammo
Iso3:dza
Glotto:tunz1235
Glottorefname:Tunzu
Person:Tunzú
People:àTunzû
Language:ìTunzû
Root:Tunzu[1]

Tunzu (Tunzuii), or Itunzu, also known as Duguza (Dugusa) in Hausa, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.

Demographics

The Tunzu people live in 7 villages. There are 5 villages (including the main settlement of Gada) in Jos East LGA, Plateau State and 2 villages (Kurfi and Magama) in Toro LGA, Bauchi State. The Tunzu villages in Bauchi State are assimilated into Hausa culture. There were 2,500 speakers (2003 estimate), although there might be 2,000 more ethnic Tunzu who do not speak the Tunzu language.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
  2. Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.