Kariya language

Kariya
Vìnà Hə̀
Native toNigeria
RegionGanjuwa LGA, Bauchi State
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kil
Glottologkari1316
ELPKariya
PeopleWììhə́
LanguageVìnà Hə̀

Kariya or Vinahə (Vìnà Hə̀), is an Afroasiatic language spoken in a cluster of villages near the Stone Age archaeological site of Kariya Wuro in Ganjuwa LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria. The ethnic group is known as Wììhə́.[2]

The Wiihə people have a highly rich and complex ritual culture that includes elaborate masquerades, a circumcision ceremony known as sár, a ritual calendar, and so on.[2]

  1. ^ Kariya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Blench, Roger. 2012. Linguistic and cultural background to the North Bauchi region and the Wiihə people