Koro Wachi (also Waci), natively Tinɔr and Myamya,
is a
dialect cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated vari ...
of
Plateau languages
The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria.
Berom and Eggon have the most speak ...
spoken to the north of
Keffi in
Nasarawa State Kagarko Local Government Area and
Jema'a Local Government of
southern Kaduna State in central
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
. ''Koro'' Wachi forms part of a larger cultural grouping with the Ashe.
Varieties
The Ashe share a common ethnonym with the Tinɔr-Myamya which is ''Uzar'' for 'person' (pl. ''Bazar'' for the people, and Ìzar for the language). This name is the origin of the term Ejar.
Tinɔr and Myamya constitute a language pair in the cluster. The Tinɔr-Myamya peoples actually have no common name for themselves, but refer to individual villages when speaking, and apply noun-class prefixes to the stem.
Distribution
Tinor is spoken in seven villages south and west of
Kubacha
(Kubacha) Uhucha is a town in Kagarko, Kagarko Local Government Area as well as the Koro Chiefdom headquarters, in Southern Part of Kaduna, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The town has a post office and it is blessed ...
: Uca, Unɛr, Ùsám, Marke, Pànkòrè, Ùtúr, and Gɛshɛberẽ.
Myamya is spoken in three villages north and west of Kubacha. Ùshɛ̀, Bàgàr (includes Kúràtǎm, Ùcɛr and Bɔ̀dṹ), and Bàgbwee.
References
External links
Roger Blench: Koro page
{{Platoid languages
Central Plateau languages
Languages of Nigeria