Nungu language
| Nungu | |
|---|---|
| Rindiri | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | 30,000 (1999)[1] |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
rin |
| Glottolog |
nung1292[2] |
Nungu is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It divides in two dialects Guid and Rinde
History
The Rindre culture are found in the north central region of Nigeria.[3] The total number of the Rindre population spread across the different parts of the country are a little more than a million; the growth of the population increases as there are intermarriages yet some of them still remain as Rindre while others neutralize and change their identities in their new host communities after their migration.
Oral traditions
Most if not all of their oral traditions are spread in a plethora, as most of them make persuasive and convincing claim of ownership. The most convincing chronicles in the Rindre songs are narrowed to two stories:
Rindre folktales
| The Kwararafa migration | champions the Kuti tradition |
|---|---|
| Wakuri federation | They thought that in their migration from Yemen to kwarafa around 596 AD they were helped by alligators, who protected them. |
The continued growth of the population and the increasing socialization of the Rindre people, make a spreading of their language from Wamba to some parts of Nasarawa and the Kudan state of Nigeria.
Present
In the present the Rindre people who migrated have continued to change their identity for adaptation to their new environment, some change their names to: English, Arabic, Hausa, Hebrew, Eggon, Mada and also in southern Kaduna, reducing the population of Rindre and Gudi speakers.
References
- ↑ Nungu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nungu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ "Nungu, Rindre in Nigeria". Joshua Project. Retrieved 28 November 2014.