• Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by the Gbagyi people, which make up over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West...
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  • The Gbari or Gbagyi (plural - Agbari/Agbagyi) are an ethnic group found predominantly in Central Nigeria, with an estimated population figure put at 5...
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    Kaduna (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    "crocodiles", Kaddanni in the Hausa language (kaduna being the plural form). Another version of the name proposes a link to the Gbagyi word/name 'Odna', meaning...
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  • classifies the Nupoid languages as follows. Ebira–Gade: Ebira, Gade Nupe–Gbagyi Gwari (Gbagyi, Gbari) Nupe Asu core Nupe Nupe cluster: Nupe (Nupe–Nupe-Tako), Dibo...
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    over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria...
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    Kaduna State (category CS1 Hausa-language sources (ha))
    Retrieved 7 April 2014. Shekwo, Joseph Amali (1979). Fundamentals of the Gbagyi Language. Zaria: Centre for Adult Education and Extension Services, Ahmadu Bello...
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  • groups such as the Benu of Kutigi (originally Kanuri-speaking), and the Gbagyi at Lemu. Nupe-Tako (meaning ‘The Nupe Below’; also known as Bassa Nge) is...
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    principally Gwari Land (the home of the tribes referred to as the Gbagyis, their language is referred to as Gwari) with high concentrations of Muslims and...
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    Abdulsalami Abubakar, two of Nigeria's former military rulers. The Nupe, Gbagyi, Kamuku, Kambari, Gungawa, Hun-Saare, Hausa and Koro form the majority of...
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    soul present in the music. This may make the music a bit more mainstream. Gbagyi Child was released on 28 November 2016. 360nobs calls the album 'swirling...
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    Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 70...
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    Southern Kaduna (category Articles containing Tyap-language text)
    ethnolinguistic groups, who speak languages belonging to the Niger–Congo and West Chadic language groups. Below are the languages and dialects spoken by the...
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    Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger–Congo languages are all spoken, which are three of the primary African language families. In the 1920s, it was described...
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    probably about 4.5 million Nupes, principally in Niger State. The Nupe language is also spoken in Kwara, Kogi and Federal Capital Territory. They are primarily...
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  • Kami is a Nupoid language spoken in Niger State, Nigeria. Kami is spoken only in Ebo town, located to the south of Lapai. There are at most 500 speakers...
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  • Dibo, a.k.a. Ganagana, Ganagawa, Zhitako, is a Nupoid language spoken in Nigeria. It is spoken in about twenty villages south of Lapai. There is only 66%...
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    south; the Tiv in the southeast; the Idoma in southwest; and the Gade and Gbagyi in the west while the Hausa and Fulani live throughout the state. Nasarawa...
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  • zone UTC+1 (WAT) Major languages Adara Arabic Bade Boko Fulfulde Gbagyi Hausa Hyam Igbo Kanuri Nghan English Nigerian Sign Language Nupe Tawellemmet Tyap...
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  • official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the...
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    Jukun people (West Africa) (category Articles containing Hausa-language text)
    west, Kona to the east, Pindiga to the north and Donga to the south. The language can be divided into six separate dialects: Wukari, Donga, Kona, Gwana and...
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  • Kakanda (also known as Akanda or Hyabe) is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. Kakanda is spoken in and around Kupa and Eggan (near the Niger-Benue confluence)...
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    depicted on the 100 naira note. It was used for a defensive retreat by the Gbagyi people against invading neighbouring tribes during intertribal wars. Zuma...
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    inhabited for years by various ethnic groups, including the Igala, Ebira, Gbagyi, and Nupe (mainly the Bassa Nge, Kakanda, and Kupa subgroups) in the state's...
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  • Asu (also known as Abewa or Ebe) is a Nupoid language spoken in Niger State in Western Nigeria. The Asu live in about ten villages southeast of Kontagora...
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    is regarded to be the territory where the people are speaking the Igala language. The early settlement in the Igala kingdom were founded by the ancestors...
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  • List of contemporary ethnic groups (category CS1 Turkish-language sources (tr))
    group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically...
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  • Kushaka/kurebe Kwaki/chukuba Manta Pina She Ubandoma The major language here is Gbagyi. Shiroro Airstrip Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station List of dams...
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  • confluence area along with the Southern Nupe, Kakanda, Ebira (Panda and Koto), Gbagyi and Igala. To the west of Okun land are the Igbomina and Ekiti Yoruba subgroups...
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  • Koro Zuba is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ethnic name Koro. However, it has very low (~ 7%) lexical similarity...
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    administration. The most commonly found languages found in the area are Gbagyi, Hausa, Nupe and many More languages who cohabits peacefully with one another...
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