Bunu
Ribina
Native toNigeria
RegionToro LGA, Bauchi State
Native speakers
4,000 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologribi1243
Bunu
PersonAnorubuna
PeopleÀnarubùnu
LanguageÌbunu

Bunu or Ribina (Rebina, Rubunu) is an East Kainji language[2] of Toro LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria belonging to the Shammo cluster.[1]

Villages

It is spoken in the villages of:[1]

  • Rinjin Gani
  • Ribina
  • Pingana

Demographics

Speaker estimates include:[1]

  • 2,000 speakers in 1971
  • 4,000 speakers in 2004

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
  2. 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. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323


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