Warji | |
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Sirzakwai | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2022) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
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]
Warji is spoken in: [3]
Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system. [4] Plurals are marked by the following suffixes. [3]
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 |
e18
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Warji | |
---|---|
Sirzakwai | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2022) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
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]
Warji is spoken in: [3]
Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system. [4] Plurals are marked by the following suffixes. [3]
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 |
e18
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).