Miya language

Miya (Miyawa) is a Chadic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.^[1] It is also referred to as "vә́na mίy" translating to "mouth of miy".^[2] There are approximately 5,000 speakers of Miya. It is related to languages such as Hausa, which the Miya people sometimes borrow from.

Miya
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bade–Warji Warji (B.2) Miya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mkf
Glottolog	miya1266

Grammar

Verb morphology

Miya's verb morphology is suprasegmental, where the masculine first person is marked with a high tone.

Noun classes

Miya's noun class is divided between feminine and masculine, as well as a divider on morphology between animate and inanimate nouns. Noun classes where all nouns are under the class of feminine of masculine is called grammatical gender.