Bade languages
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bade |
| altname | B.1 West Chadic |
| region | Borno State and Jigawa State, Nigeria |
| familycolor | Afro-Asiatic |
| fam2 | Chadic |
| fam3 | West Chadic |
| glotto | west2710 |
| glottorefname | West Chadic B.1 |
| map | West Chadic Languages.jpg |
| mapcaption | West Chadic per Newman (1977) |
| :: |
|name=Bade |altname=B.1 West Chadic |region=Borno State and Jigawa State, Nigeria |familycolor=Afro-Asiatic |fam2=Chadic |fam3=West Chadic |glotto=west2710 |glottorefname=West Chadic B.1 |map=West Chadic Languages.jpg |mapcaption=West Chadic per Newman (1977) ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Afro_asiatic_peoples_nigeria.png" caption="Main Chadic-speaking peoples in Nigeria"] ::
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.
Languages
The Bade languages are:
Names and locations
Below is a comprehensive list of Bade language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
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| 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 | |||||||
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References
References
- Schuh, Russell G.. (2001). "Shira, Teshena, Auyo: Hausa's (former) eastern neighbors". Rüdiger Köppe.
- Blench, Roger. 2006. [http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List] (ms)
- Blench, Roger. (2019). "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages". Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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