Shiroro
Pongu
Geographic
distribution
Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Glottologshir1275

The Shiroro languages, also known as the Pongu languages, form a branch of the Kainji languages of Nigeria. They are spoken near Shiroro Lake.

Languages

There are four basic divisions within Shiroro:[1]

Baushi is a language that constitutes half a dozen languages.

Footnotes

  1. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

References


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