Vori language explained

Vori
Also Known As:Surubu
Nativename:TiVori
States:Nigeria
Region:Kaduna State
Speakers:3,000
Date:2016
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Kainji
Fam5:East Kainji
Iso3:sde
Glotto:suru1258
Glottorefname:Vori
Person:PiVori
People:AVori
Language:TiVori
Root:Vori[1]

Vori (also called Surubu or Skrubu) is a Kainji language of Nigeria.

Roger Blench (2016)[2] reported that the people referred to as Surubu in the present literature are called Vori. Their main centre is the town of Geshere, which is west of Mariri on the Lere road. The Vori live in 32 settlements, and there are about 50,000 to 70,000 speakers.

Bina, another undocumented language, is spoken nearby.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
  2. Blench, Roger. 2016. Weeping over the disappearance of Nigeria’s minority languages: how to get more reliable information and what to do about it. Presentation, Jos Linguistic Circle.