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Laru language

Kainji language spoken in Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Laru (Laro, also Shen or Sengwe[2]) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. It has one dialect: Cuba (Tsucuba, Shuba). Speakers are shifting to Busa.

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Dialects

There are three dialects of Shen, spoken in the following villages.[3]

  • Kárábàndéi and Sànsání
  • Sàːgúnú4, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Barkatai
  • Mɔ̀nːáĩ, Sáŋkʷà, and Màláːlé

The major villages, ordered from largest to smallest, are Sàːgúnú, Kárábàndéi, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Mɔ̀nːáĩ. There are fewer than 4,000 speakers.

Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Laru villages as Karabonde, Leshigbe, Luma, Monnai, Sansanni, and Shagunu.

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