| Ziriya | |
|---|---|
| Sheni | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State (Ziriya), Kaduna State (Sheni) |
| Ethnicity | 3,500 (2004?)[1] |
Native speakers | 6 Sheni, no known Ziriya (2004)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | scv |
| Glottolog | shen1251 |
| ELP | Ziriya |
| Seni[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | onoSeni |
| People | anaSeni |
| Language | tiSeni |
Ziriya (Jiriya) and Sheni (Shaini) constitute a Kainji language of Nigeria. They are geographically but perhaps not linguistically distinct.
- ^ a b Ziriya at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
