Fungwa, or Ura (Ula; known as ''Ɓura-wa'' in

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) is a Kainji language in Pandogari,

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. The same word is also used for the people;

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estimated their numbers at no more than 1,000. Farming is the main occupation of the Fungwa while

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is also an occupation practised by the women. The Fungwa live in the five villages of Gulbe, Gabi Tukurbe, Urenciki, Renga (Ringa) and Utana along the Pandogari–Allawa road in

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Gallery

Hakimin Ringa.jpg, Head of Ura district Ringa File:Matan Ura biyu ɗauke da itace.jpg, Two Ura women carrying firewoods File:Matan Ura sun dauko ice.jpg, Ura women and children carrying things File:Ura language district headquarter.jpg, Ura village in Ringa district File:Tukanen da ba'a hada su ba.jpg, Ura women's pots

References

External links

* ELAR collection
Documentation of Cifungwa Folktales
deposited by Samuel Akinbo Shiroro languages Languages of Nigeria {{Kainji-lang-stub