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Notes on the Seni people and language with an addendum on the Ziriya
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"[One] person with any recall of the language... The language has definitively disappeared, and even Sarkin Yakubu [the last rememberer] had only spoken it as a child, some sixty years ago. He could recall some greetings and some numbers."

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2004

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A few

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"Only a few speakers seem to have some knowledge of Zìrìyà nowadays."

Year of info

1992

Location and Context

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Nigeria

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10.350721, 8.850492; 10.466733, 8.807642;

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"Several villages such as Zìrìyà (5km south of Yaagi near Chokobo), Kéré (two miles east of Rahaman Bauchi) and probably Wurno."

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"Several villages such as Zìrìyà (5km south of Yaagi near Chokobo), Kéré (two miles east of Rahaman Bauchi) and probably Wurno."

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2007

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"Jos area, Nigeria."

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"Jos area, Nigeria."

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Hausa;

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"Lost ground in favour of the contact language in the area, Hausa."

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2,000

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"No known L1 speakers."

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

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Nigeria

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"Bauchi state: Toro LGA, Kere and Ziriya."

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"Bauchi state: Toro LGA, Kere and Ziriya."

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"Shifted to Hausa [hau]."

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"We visited Ziriya on 30th December 2003 and were able to interview Sarki Abubakar Yakubu, probably the last person with any recall of the language."

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2004

Location and Context

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10.226000, 8.500000

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"Ziriya village is situated at N10˚ 22.6, E 8˚ 50. Ziriya was divided into a number of wards as follows; Ziriya, Salingo, Kajakana, Wurno, Ungwar Marika, Funka and Farin Dutse... There is a third village, Kεrε, somewhat further north, where the language was dropped even longer ago. "

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"Ziriya village is situated at N10˚ 22.6, E 8˚ 50. Ziriya was divided into a number of wards as follows; Ziriya, Salingo, Kajakana, Wurno, Ungwar Marika, Funka and Farin Dutse... There is a third village, Kεrε, somewhat further north, where the language was dropped even longer ago. "

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    Gabriele Sommer. 1992. "A Survey On Language Death in Africa." In Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 402. Mouton de Gruyter.
  5. Notes on the Seni people and language with an addendum on the Ziriya
    Roger Blench and John Garah Nengel. 2004. "Notes On the Seni People and Language with An Addendum On the Ziriya." In Ogmios Newsletter, 12-13. Online: http://www.ogmios.org/ogmios/Ogmios_024.pdf.
    http://www.ogmios.org/ogmios/Ogmios_024.pdf
  6. The status of the East Kainji languages of Central Nigeria: Recent Research
    Blench, R. & Dendo, M. 2004. The status of the East Kainji languages of Central Nigeria: recent research. Version submitted for proceedings of the Hamburg meeting, March 2004, to mark the retirement of Professor Ludwig Gerhardt. Cambridge.
    http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/East%20Kainji/General/East%20Kainji%20State%20of%20the%20art.pdf