Ziriya
Jiriya
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Kainji
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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."
2004
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"Only a few speakers seem to have some knowledge of Zìrìyà nowadays."
1992
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Nigeria
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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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"Lost ground in favour of the contact language in the area, Hausa."
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"No known L1 speakers."
2015
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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."
2004
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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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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
- Notes on the Seni people and language with an addendum on the ZiriyaRoger 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
- The status of the East Kainji languages of Central Nigeria: Recent ResearchBlench, 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
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