Ɗuwai (language)
| Ɗuwai | ||
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Spoken in |
Nigeria | |
| speaker | 11,000 (2000) | |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in | - | |
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| ISO 639-3 |
dbp |
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The Ɗuwai (Dó: aí) language is a western Chadian language spoken in the Nigerian states of Jigawa and Kano . In 2000, Ɗuwai had about 11,000 speakers.
alphabet
| Ə | A. | B. | Ɓ | C. | D. | Ɗ | E. | F. | G | H | I. | J | K | L. | M. | N | Ŋ | O | P | R. | R̃ | S. | T | U | V | W. | Y | ʼY | Z |
| ə | a | b | ɓ | c | d | ɗ | e | f | G | H | i | j | k | l | m | n | ŋ | O | p | r | r̃ | s | t | u | v | w | y | ʼY | z |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald Hammarström, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath: Duwai. In: Glottolog 3.0 . Max Planck Institute for the History of Human History, 2017, accessed on February 27, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Duwai . In: SIL International (Ed.): Ethnologue . 18th edition. 2005 (English, ethnologue.com [accessed February 27, 2019]).
- ↑ Aljhaji Abba Daskum, Buba Kachallah and Russell G. Schuh: Ɗuwai-English-Hausa dictionary . Ed .: Yobe Languages Research Project. Potiskum 2009, p. vii (English, ucla.edu [PDF]).
Web links
- OLAC resources in and about the Duwai language. In: language-archives.org. Retrieved February 27, 2019 .
- English-Ɗuwai. In: AfLang Directory. University of California, accessed February 27, 2019 .
- Hausa-Ɗuwai. In: AfLang Directory. University of California, accessed February 27, 2019 .