Gurmana language

Kainji language of Nigeria

Gurmana
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Shiroro LGA, Niger State
Native speakers	(3,000 cited 1989)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Shiroro Gurmana–Rin Gurmana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gvm`
Glottolog	`gurm1246`
ELP	Gurmana

Gurmana is a Kainji language of Gurmana village in Shiroro LGA, Niger State, Nigeria. There are no more than 2,000 to 3,000 speakers in Gurmana village and nearby hamlets.^[2]

References

^ Gurmana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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Gurmana
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