Bunu or Ribina (Rebina, Rubunu) is an
East Kainji language[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. ] of
Toro LGA,
Bauchi State,
Nigeria belonging to the
Shammo cluster.
[Blench, Roger. 2021. ]
Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria
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Villages
It is spoken in the villages of:
*Rinjin Gani
*Ribina
*Pingana
Demographics
Speaker estimates include:
*2,000 speakers in 1971
*4,000 speakers in 2004
References
East Kainji languages
Languages of Nigeria
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