Warji language
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Warji | |
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Sirzakwai | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2022)[1] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wji |
Glottolog | warj1253 |
ELP | Warji |
Warji (Warjawa) or Sirzakwai is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.[2]
Distribution
Warji is spoken in:[3]
- Ganjuwa district, Darazo LGA, Bauchi State
- Warji district, Ningi LGA, Bauchi State
- Birnin Kudu LGA, Jigawa State
Morphology
Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system.[4] Plurals are marked by the following suffixes.[3]
- -tsǝ
- -sA (-sǝ, -sa)
- -Aŋsǝ (-ǝŋsǝ, -aŋsǝ)
- -(aŋ)ʃi (-shi, -aŋshi; stem-final -i is assimilated)
These may be all allomorphs of a single suffix, with optional inserted nasals.
Suppletive nominal plurals are:[3]
English | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
child | ŋaa | mǝru |
girl | ŋaagǝɗ | mǝrǝgudi |
woman | gǝɗ | guɗi |
man | mumwan | mumwanci |
human being | warji | zarsǝ |
Notes
- ^ Warji at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Blench, Roger Wordlist of the Sirzakwai (Warji) language with Hausa and English equivalents.
- ^ Blench, Roger. 2021. The erosion of number marking in West Chadic Roger Blench. WOCAL, Leiden.