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Bade languages
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| Bade | |
|---|---|
| B.1 West Chadic | |
| Geographic distribution | Borno State and Jigawa State, Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | west2710 |
 West Chadic per Newman (1977) | |
The Bade languages (also known as B.1 West Chadic or the Bade–Ngizim languages) are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in Borno State and Jigawa State of northern Nigeria. Bade is the most widely spoken language with 250,000 speakers, followed by Ngizim with 80,000 speakers. Many Bade languages, such as Shirawa, Teshenawa, and Auyokawa, are extinct.[1]
Languages
[edit]Names and locations
[edit]Below is a comprehensive list of Bade language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[3]
| Language | Cluster | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Other names (based on location) | Other names for language | Exonym(s) | Speakers | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auyokawa (extinct) | Jigawa State, Kafin Hausa LGA, Auyo | |||||||||
| Shira (extinct) | Shirawa | Shira town, Jigawa State, Kafin Hausa LGA; extinct | ||||||||
| Teshena (extinct) | Teshenawa | Teshena town, Jigawa State, Kafin Hausa LGA; extinct | ||||||||
| Bade | Western Bade (Magwaram, Maagwaram), Southern Bade (Bade k-Aɗo), Gashua Bade (Mazgarwa) | Bedde | Gidgid | 31,933 (1952 W&B) includes Duwai and Ngizim; 100,000 (1973 SIL) | Borno State, Bade LGA; Jigawa State, Hadejia LGA | |||||
| Ɗuwai | Duwai | Lvji | Eastern Bade | Borno State, Bade LGA | ||||||
| Ngizim | Ngezzim | 39,200 includes Bade and Ɗuwai (1952 W&B); 25,000 Schuh (1972) | Borno State, Damaturu LGA |
References
[edit]- ^ Schuh, Russell G. (2001), "Shira, Teshena, Auyo: Hausa's (former) eastern neighbors", Historical Language Contact in Africa, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, vol. 16/17, Köln: Rüdiger Köppe, pp. 387–435
- ^ Blench, Roger. 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.
External links
[edit]- UCLA Yobe Languages Project Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine