Hasha language
Hasha, also known as Yashi, is a Plateau language of Nasarawa State Nigeria. It has an idiosyncratic system of reduplicating the first syllable of noun stems, apparently under the influence of the Chadic language Sha.
Hasha | |
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Yashi | |
hàʃà | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Nassarawa State |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1999) |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ybj |
Glottolog | hash1238 |
ELP | Hasha |
haʃa | |
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Person | háʃà |
People | háʃa |
Language | hàʃà |
Hasha is spoken by about 3,000 people in Kwààn (Yàshì Sarki; Bwora), which is the main settlement, and also in the two nearby villages of Hàshàsu (Yàshì Pá) and Hùsù (Yàshì Madaki; Kusu).
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