Sheni
Shenanci; Seni; Shani; Shaini;
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Kainji
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"The Seni live east of the Jos-Zaria road which runs north of Jos, in Lere Local government area, Kaduna State, although still on the Jos Plateau."
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"The Seni live east of the Jos-Zaria road which runs north of Jos, in Lere Local government area, Kaduna State, although still on the Jos Plateau."
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"The Seni people have essentially switched to becoming Hausa speaking and are broadly Muslim. They now call themselves the Shenawa and their language Shenanci. The loss of the language is taken as a fait accompli. There is no interest in reviving it and its continued existence is simply a curiosity to most residents."
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"May have a few hundred speakers left."
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अस्खलित बोलणाऱ्यामूळ भाषकांची संख्या
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1968
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"Sheni is spoken at 8°45'E, 10°25'N; Sheni is a few miles south of Rahama Station on Jos-Zaria railway."
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अस्खलित बोलणाऱ्यामूळ भाषकांची संख्या
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"Gurjiya, which means 'Red-flowered Silk Cotton Tree' (or 'Bambara groundnuts') in Hausa is situated to the east of Ganji... 72 kilometers from Jos. Other settlements of the Sheni mentioned are Shemare and Tudu..."
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"Gurjiya, which means 'Red-flowered Silk Cotton Tree' (or 'Bambara groundnuts') in Hausa is situated to the east of Ganji... 72 kilometers from Jos. Other settlements of the Sheni mentioned are Shemare and Tudu..."
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"The Hausa term for the language is sheenancii, and that for its speakers sheeni pl. sheenaawaa. The speakers' own names for the language and for its speakers were not known to my informants."
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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."
- 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
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