Gwari language

Gwari
Native to	Nigeria.
Region	Abuja, Kaduna State, Niger State, and Nasarawa State.
Ethnicity	Gbagyi people
Native speakers	(700,000 Gbagyi cited 1991)[1]; 350,000 Gbari (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Nupoid Nupe–Gbagyi Gwari; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; gbr – Gbagyi; gby – Gbari
Glottolog	gbag1256

Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by the Gbagyi people, which make up 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.

Varieties

Gbagye is also known as Gwari-Matai or Gwarin Ngenge, which are recently adopted cover terms.[2]

There are two separate Gbagye groups living in:[2]

Minna and Kuta (more prominent group)
around Diko, northeast of Suleja

Gbagye is the only Nupoid language that has the bilabial implosive /ɓ/.[2]

Gbari (also known as Gwari) is a cover term for all the Gbari-speaking peoples, and includes many varieties.[2]

Gbari-Yama is a cover term used for all southern Gbari dialects. There are two closely related dialects, which are:[2]

Shigokpna
Zubakpna

Gbedegi is an extinct language (possibly a Nupe dialect) spoken near Mokwa (Nadel 1941).[2]

References

Gbagyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Gbari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.

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[e18-1] Gbagyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Gbari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Blench2013-2] Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.