Native to Nigeria | Ethnicity Ebira people | |
Region Niger State, Nassarawa State Native speakers (700,000 Gbagyi cited 1991)
350,000 Gbari (2002) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Volta–Niger
noi
Nupoid
Nupe–Gbagyi
Gwari ISO 639-3 Either:
gbr – Gbagyi
gby – Gbari | ||
Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West Gwari) and Gbagyi (East Gwari), which have some difficulty in communication; sociolinguistically they are distinct languages.
References
Gwari language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA