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Kamuku Languages
The Kamuku languages are a branch of the Kainji languages spoken by the Kamuku people of Niger State, western Nigeria, mostly in Mariga, Nigeria, Mariga and Rafi, Nigeria, Rafi LGAs. Although formerly classified as Kamuku, Pongu is now placed in a related branch, the Pongu languages, Pongu (Shiroro) languages, and Western Acipa language, Western Acipa (Cipu) with the Kambari languages. Languages Blench (2012) Blench (2012) lists the following Kamuku languages and their sociolinguistic situations. Kamuku internal classification can be briefly summarised as: *Proto-Kamuku **Hungworo language, Hungwəryə **Core Kamuku (‘Yara) ***Cinda-Regi language, Cinda-Regi: Cinda language, Cinda, Regi language, Regi-Shiyabe language, Shiyabe, Rogo language, Orogo, Kuki language (Nigeria), Kuki; Kuru language, Kuru-Maruba language, Maruba ***Eastern Acipa language, Səgəmuk (Zubazuba); Shama language, Sama-Sambuga language, Sambuga ***Kagare language, Kagare ***Rogo II ''‘Yara'', or ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamuku People
The Kamuku are an ethnic group in central Nigeria. The Kamuku language belongs to the Kainji languages, Kainji family and is related to Lela language, C'lela, Duka language, Duka, and Kambari languages, Kambari. They mainly live in the west-central region of Nigeria, particularly in Kwara State. Their population in 1996 exceeded 35,000 people, found in the Sokoto (city), Sokoto division of Sokoto State, the Birnin Gwari division of Kaduna State and the Kontagora and Minna divisions of Niger State. The Kamuku may have been the dominant people of the kingdom of Kankuma (also Kwangoma or Kangoma), a people whom Al-Makrizi (d.1442) called Karuku in his book ''The Races of the Sudan''. One historian speculates that Kankuma may have been the precursor to the Hausa people, Hausa state of Zazzau, Zaria. The ''Gazetteers of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria: The Central Kingdoms'', published in the early 1920s, described the Kamuku people as industrious agriculturalists who keep livestock, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |