| Ɗuwai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Yobe State, Kano State |
| Native speakers | (11,000 cited 2000) |
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dbp |
| Glottolog | duwa1244 |
Ɗuwai (Dó:aí) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Jigawa and Kano States, Nigeria.
Writing System
| Ə | A | B | Ɓ | C | D | Ɗ | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ŋ | O | P | R | R̃ | S | T | U | V | W | Y | ʼY | Z |
| ə | a | b | ɓ | c | d | ɗ | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ŋ | o | p | r | r̃ | s | t | u | v | w | y | ʼy | z |
Notes
- ^ Ɗuwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Dagona, Bala Wakili (2009). Russell G. Schuh (ed.). Bade-English-Hausa dictionary (Western Dialect) (PDF). Yobe Languages Research Project. p. vii. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2016.
External links
- Duwai language resources from UCLA
- Duwai language dictionary
- OLAC resources in and about the Duwai language
| Languages of Nigeria | |
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| Official languages | |
| National languages | |
| Recognised languages | |
| Indigenous languages | |
| Sign languages | |
| Immigrant languages | |
| Scripts | |
| West Chadic languages | |||||||
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| Hausa– Gwandara (A.1) | |||||||
| Bole– Tangale (A.2) |
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| Angas (A.3) | |||||||
| Ron (A.4) | |||||||
| Bade (B.1) | |||||||
| North Bauchi (Warji) (B.2) | |||||||
| South Bauchi (Barawa) (B.3) |
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| Others | |||||||
| Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages | |||||||
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