Miyobe or Soruba is an unclassified Niger-Congo language of Benin and Togo. Güldemann (2018) notes that Miyobe cannot be securely classified within Gur...
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Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State...
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Nangere Nguru Potiskum Tarmuwa Yunusari Yusufari Yobe State Government homepage UCLA Yobe Languages Project Erdal Can Alkoçlar Nigerian Post Office, with...
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The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2...
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Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official language is French) Albanian: Albania Kosovo (with Serbian)...
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State Yobe language, a Gur language of Benin and Togo Yobe River, a river in West Africa that flows into Lake Chad through Nigeria and Niger Yobe State...
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Karai-karai (redirect from Karakare language)
Karai-karai language. Karai-karai (and its dialects) is a well-spoken language in the following northern Nigerian states: Bauchi State Yobe State Borno...
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Yobe State University is located in Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria. It was established under the Yobe state law in 2006 by Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim, the...
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(also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a Chadic language spoken by the Ngizim people in Yobe State, Nigeria. The digraphs dl, sh, tl, zh are also...
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Gusau, Dutse, Hadejia, Bauchi, Misau, Zamfara, Gombe, Nafada, Maiduguri, Yobe, Yola, Jalingo, Jos, Lafia, Nasarawa, Minna, Kontagora, Keffi and Abuja....
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Nilo-Saharan language family is represented by: Saharan languages: Kanuri and Kanembu in the northeastern part of Nigeria in the states of Borno, Yobe and parts...
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Ngamo (m), An Ngamo (f) Ngamaye (pl) Research on the language has been conducted by the Yobe Languages Research Project. This project has been supported...
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Foundation. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license. UCLA Yobe Languages Project Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine...
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Kanuri, also known as Yerwa Kanuri, is the main language of the Kanuri people living in Borno State, Yobe State and Gombe State, and it is usually referred...
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as Soruba, Mi yɔbɛ, Bijobe, Biyobe, Sorouba, Solla, Uyobe, Meyobe, Kayobe, Kuyobe, Sola, Solamba, or Kyobe, is a threatened Gur language with 8,700 native...
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in Yobe State Bade District, a district in Taoyuan, Taiwan Bade Emirate, a traditional state in Nigeria Bade languages, a family of three languages in...
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(PDF). Yobe Languages Research Project. p. vii. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2016. Duwai language resources from UCLA Duwai language dictionary...
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Central Kanuri (redirect from Central Kanuri language)
alphabet. Yerwa Kanuri is a Language of Wider Communication (LWC) and de facto language of provincial identity in Borno, Yobe, and Gombe states of Nigeria...
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Afro-Asiatic Language Phylum". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages. The Yobe Languages Research Project by the late Russell G. Schuh of UCLA West Chadic...
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Ngizim people (category Yobe State)
Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. As of 1993, there were an estimated 80,000 Ngizim. The tribe lives primarily in Potiskum, the largest city in Yobe State...
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Potiskum (redirect from Potiskum, Yobe State)
in Yobe State northeastern part of Nigeria. It's the largest, most populous and fastest growing city in Yobe State. Of the native languages in Yobe State...
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modern-day Lac and Kanem Prefectures in Chad, Far North Region in Cameroon, the Yobe and Borno states in Nigeria and Diffa and Zinder Regions in Niger and Darfur...
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Arewa (category Articles containing Hausa-language text)
other parts of West Africa. 3. Kanuri The Kanuri language is predominantly spoken in Borno and Yobe States, especially in areas around Maiduguri. The...
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they are located in bordering States such as Kebbi, near Nguru Road in Yobe State and communities in Niger State.[citation needed] Outside Niger, Nigeria...
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Nigerian Pidgin (redirect from Nigerian Pidgin language)
parts — Gombe State, Yobe State — of Nigeria.[citation needed] Nigerian Pidgin, along with the various pidgin and creole languages of West Africa, share...
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article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license. The Yobe Languages Research Project by the late Russell G. Schuh of UCLA West Chadic resources...
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Borno State (section Languages)
state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern...
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Abba Kyari (police) (category People from Yobe State)
Abba Alhaji Kyari (born 17 March 1975) is a former Nigerian police officer who was a Deputy Commissioner of Police currently on suspension and relieved...
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Nguru, Nigeria (redirect from Nguru, Yobe State)
Nguru (or N'Gourou) is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Nguru near the Hadejia River at 12°52′45″N 10°27′09″E...
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Gadaka (redirect from Gadaka, Yobe State Nigeria)
Gadaka is a town in Yobe State, Nigeria, with a population of about 60,000 people. It is located in the southern part of the state, near the boundary with...
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