# Bauchi language

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{{Short description|Benue–Congo language of Nigeria}}
{{distinguish|North Bauchi languages|South Bauchi languages}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Bauchi
|states=[Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
|region=[Rafi, Nigeria](/source/Rafi%2C_Nigeria) LGA, [Niger State](/source/Niger_State)
|ethnicity=Bauchi
|speakers=20,000 
|date=1988
|ref = e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo_languages)
|fam3=[Benue–Congo](/source/Benue%E2%80%93Congo_languages)
|fam4=[Kainji](/source/Kainji_languages)
|fam5=[Shiroro](/source/Shiroro_languages)
|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](/source/Kainji_languages)<ref>{{Glottolog|bauc1238|Bauchi}}</ref> spoken in [Rafi, Nigeria](/source/Rafi%2C_Nigeria) LGA, [Niger State](/source/Niger_State), [Nigeria](/source/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 approximant](/source/interdental_approximant)s of the Philippines, where the tongue can protrude slightly over the lower lip.

==References==
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