| Nativename | Shen |
|---|---|
| Region | Niger State |
| States | Nigeria |
| Speakers | 5,000 |
| Date | 1995 |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | Niger-Congo |
| Fam 2 | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam 3 | Benue–Congo |
| Fam 4 | Kainji |
| Fam 5 | Kainji Lake |
| Iso 3 | lan |
| Glotto | laru1238 |
| Glottorefname | Laru (Nigeria) |
Laru (Laro), or Shen (Sengwe[1]), is a minor Kainji language[2] of Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Busa.
Dialects
There are three dialects of Shen spoken in the following villages:[3]
- Kárábàndéi and Sànsání
- Sàːgúnú4, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Barkatai
- Mɔ̀nːáĩ, Sáŋkʷà, and Màláːlé
The major villages, ordered from largest to smallest, are Sàːgúnú, Kárábàndéi, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Mɔ̀nːáĩ. There are fewer than 4,000 speakers.
Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Laru villages as Karabonde, Leshigbe, Luma, Monnai, Sansanni, and Shagunu.
References
- ^ McGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.
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- ^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria". Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.