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Language of Nigeria
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Gbiri-Niragu , also known as Gure-Kahugu , is a Kainji language of Nigeria . Speakers are shifting to Hausa .
Tugbiri is the name of the language of the Gbiri people, and is spoken in and around the village of Gure in Lere LGA, southern Kaduna State . Niragu speakers live directly to the north of Tugbiri speakers.
Numerals
Gbiri-Niragu has, or had, a duodecimal number system .
Aniragu
Tugbiri
1
inu
-də
2
bao
-ba
3
taro
-tar
4
nazo
-naaz
5
ishiko
kishii
6
tashi
kʊtashɨ
7
sunduri
kusundəri
8
nanas
kʊnaaz
9
kishanoas
kutururi
A12 (10)
akernaba
-ikeranaba
B12 (11)
kitishui
-lyem
1012 (12)
ripiri
-kpiri
References
Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'
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