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.[1]
Warji is spoken in:[2]
Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system.[3] Plurals are marked by the following suffixes.[2]
These may be all allomorphs of a single suffix, with optional inserted nasals.
Suppletive nominal plurals are:[2]
English | singular | plural |
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child | ŋaa | mǝru |
girl | ŋaagǝɗ | mǝrǝgudi |
woman | gǝɗ | guɗi |
man | mumwan | mumwanci |
human being | warji | zarsǝ |