Gbiri-Niragu language

Gbiri-Niragu
Gbiri-Niragu
Gure-Kahugu
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Native speakers	25,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji East Kainji Gbiri-Niragu; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gbiri (Gure); Niragu (Kahugu);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	grh
Glottolog	gbir1241

Gbiri-Niragu, also known as Gure-Kahugu, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.

Tugbiri is the name of the language of the Gbiri people, and is spoken in and around the village of Gure in Lere LGA, southern Kaduna State.^[2] Niragu speakers live directly to the north of Tugbiri speakers.

^ Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

[e18-1] Gbiri-Niragu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Blench-2] Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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