Cuba language
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Kainji language spoken in Nigeria
This article is about the language spoken in Nigeria. For the language spoken in the Republic of the Congo, see Kuba language. For languages spoken in Cuba, see Cuban Spanish and Languages of Cuba.
| Cuba | |
|---|---|
| Urcibar | |
| Tsucuba | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kebbi State |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2014)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cbq |
| Glottolog | cuba1236 |
| Urcibar | |
|---|---|
| Person | dɔ̀tʃíbár |
| People | òːtʃíbár |
| Language | ɘ̀ɹtʃíbár |
| Rerang | |
|---|---|
| Person | dɔ̀ɾìɾã́ŋ |
| People | òːɾìɾã́ŋ |
| Language | òlːèɾã́ŋ |
Cuba (Tsucuba), anglicized as Shuba and also known as Urcibar in neighboring Lopa, is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria, spoken by a thousand people in Kebbi State.
The name Rerang (Oleran) subsumes both Cuba and the closely related Lopa language that surrounds it.[2] [3]
Blench concludes that Cuba is more closely related to Shen (Laru) than it is to Rop (Lopa).[2]
Location
[edit ]Cuba is spoken in the large villages of ò̃tʃébá (Cifamini), twò̃tʃíɡí (Gungun Tagwaye) and ò̃sán (Kwanga); and the minor villages of àjṹ̃m (Yumu), àːʔjɔ́ (Bakari) and ámbú (Ambu shiri).
References
[edit ]- ^ Cuba at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025) Closed access icon
- ^ a b Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ McGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.
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