Koro Wachi (also Waci), natively Tinɔr and Myamya,
is a
dialect cluster
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of
Plateau languages
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spoken to the north of
Keffi
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in
Nasarawa State
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Kagarko Local Government Area
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and
Jema'a
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Local Government of
southern
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Kaduna State
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in central
Nigeria
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. ''Koro'' Wachi forms part of a larger cultural grouping with the Ashe.
Varieties
The Ashe share a common ethnonym with the Tinɔr-Myamya which is ''Uzar'' for 'person' (pl. ''Bazar'' for the people, and Ìzar for the language). This name is the origin of the term Ejar.
Tinɔr and Myamya constitute a language pair in the cluster. The Tinɔr-Myamya peoples actually have no common name for themselves, but refer to individual villages when speaking, and apply noun-class prefixes to the stem.
Distribution
Tinor is spoken in seven villages south and west of
Kubacha: Uca, Unɛr, Ùsám, Marke, Pànkòrè, Ùtúr, and Gɛshɛberẽ.
Myamya is spoken in three villages north and west of Kubacha. Ùshɛ̀, Bàgàr (includes Kúràtǎm, Ùcɛr and Bɔ̀dṹ), and Bàgbwee.
References
External links
Roger Blench: Koro page
{{Platoid languages
Central Plateau languages
Languages of Nigeria