Warji language

E795525

Warji language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria, by the Warji people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Warji language canonical 3
Ethnologue Warji (wji) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
West Chadic language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa
continent Africa
country Nigeria
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Warji people
glottologCode warj1242
glottologName Warji
governingCountry Federal Republic of Nigeria
linked to: Nigeria
hasAlternativeName Warjawa
Warji (Worji)
linked to: Warji
hasDomainOfUse home
local markets
traditional religion and culture
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue Warji (wji)
linked to: Warji language
hasLanguageStatus local language
hasLinguisticFeature tone language
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
hasNeighborLanguage Diri language
Hausa language
Kariya language
Miya language
Pa’a language
linked to: Pyapun language
hasScript Latin alphabet
hasSpeakerCommunity Warji people
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria
iso6393Code wji
isPartOf Bauchi languages
West Chadic B
linked to: West Chadic
languageFamily Afroasiatic
majorContactLanguage English language
linked to: English

Hausa language
linked to: Hausa
primaryLocation Ganjuwa Local Government Area
Warji Local Government Area
region Bauchi State
spokenBy Warji people
spokenIn Bauchi State
Nigeria
spokenInRegion northern Nigeria
linked to: Northern Nigeria
subfamily Chadic
subgroup West Chadic
usedByReligion Christianity
Islam

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Warji hasAlternativeName Warji language
Warjawa languageSpoken Warji language
Warji language hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue Warji (wji)
linked to: Warji language
Warji people languageSpoken Warji language