Gwari language

Gbari
Gbari
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Abuja, Kaduna State, Niger State, and Nasarawa State
Ethnicity	Gbagyi people
Native speakers	1,290,000 Gbagyi (2020); 550,000 Gbari (2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Nupoid Nupe–Gbagyi Gbari; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; gbr – Gbari; gby – Gbagyi
Glottolog	gbag1256

Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by the Gbari people, which make up over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West Gwari) and Gbagyi (East Gwari), which have some difficulty in communication; sociolinguistically they are distinct languages.

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