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(Redirected from Surubu language) Kainji language of Nigeria ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Vori
Surubu
TiVori
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State
Native speakers3,000 (2016)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3sde
Glottologsuru1258
ELPKaivi
Vori
PersonPiVori
PeopleAVori
LanguageTiVori

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

Roger Blench (2016) 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.

References

  1. Vori at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. 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.
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