{{Short description|Benue–Congo language of Nigeria}} {{distinguish|North Bauchi languages|South Bauchi languages}} {{Infobox language |name=Bauchi |states=Nigeria |region=Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State |ethnicity=Bauchi |speakers=20,000 |date=1988 |ref = e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Benue–Congo |fam4=Kainji |fam5=Shiroro |fam6=Baushi–Fungwa |iso3=bsf |glotto=bauc1238 |glottorefname=Bauchi }} {{Infobox ethnonym |person=uZora |people=aZora |language=iZora |root=Zora<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref> }} {{Infobox ethnonym |person=Vihɨpɨna |people=Vihɨpɨna |language=Tihɨpɨna |root=Hɨpɨna<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref> }} {{Infobox ethnonym |person=Vʷinyi Mɨn |people=Ayi Mɨn |language=Tiimɨn |root=Mɨn<ref name="BlenchAtlas4"/> }} {{Infobox ethnonym |person=Vundәk |people=Andәka |language=Tundәkә |root=Dәkә<ref name="BlenchAtlas4"/> }} {{Infobox ethnonym |person=Vũwãyã |people=Ãwãyã |language=Tũwãyã |root=Wãyã<ref name="BlenchAtlas4"/> }}
'''Bauchi''' (''Bauci, Baushi'') is a cluster of Kainji languages<ref>{{Glottolog|bauc1238|Bauchi}}</ref> spoken in Rafi, Nigeria LGA, Niger State, Nigeria.
==Languages== The Baushi languages are (Blench 2012):<ref name="Blench"/> *Samburu *Ndəkə (Madaka) - three clans: Undo, Sambora and Jibwa<ref name="Blench">{{Cite web|last=Blench|first=Roger|url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/General/Kainji%20language%20overview.pdf|title=The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2012|location=Cambridge}}</ref> *Hupɨnɨ (Supana) *Wãyã (Wayam) *Rubu *Mɨɨn
Blench (2018) lists the Baushi languages as Ndəkə, Hɨpɨn, Mɨɨ, Rub, Samburu, and Wãyã.<ref name="Blench2018">Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), ''East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs'', 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. {{doi|10.5281/zenodo.1314323}}</ref>
==Phonology== The Bauchi languages have a set of unusual sounds for the area, called "linguo-labials" by Blench. They are similar to the interdental approximants of the Philippines, where the tongue can protrude slightly over the lower lip.
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