Ɗuwai language

Ɗuwai
Native toNigeria
RegionYobe State, Kano State
Native speakers
(11,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dbp
Glottologduwa1244

Ɗuwai (Dó:aí) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Jigawa and Kano States, Nigeria.[1]

Writing System

Duwai alphabet[2]
ƏABƁC DƊEFG HIJKL MNŊOP RR̃STU VWYʼYZ
əabɓc dɗefg hijkl mnŋop rr̃stu vwyʼyz

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ɗuwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Dagona, Bala Wakili (2009). Russell G. Schuh (ed.). Bade-English-Hausa dictionary (Western Dialect) (PDF). Yobe Languages Research Project. p. vii. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2016.