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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Kariya

Kariya

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3kil

Population  2,000 (1995 CAPRO).
Region  Bauchi state, Ganjuwa LGA, Kariya village near Miya town.
Language maps  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 128
Nigeria, Map 4, reference number 128
Alternate names   Kariyu, Kauyawa, Lipkawa, Vinahe, Wihe
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, B, B.2
Comments  Agriculturalists: maize, guinea corn, peanuts, millet. Muslim, traditional religion.