Warji (Warjawa) or Sirzakwai is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.
Distribution Warji is spoken in:
Ganjuwa district, Darazo LGA, Bauchi State Warji district, Ningi LGA, Bauchi State Birnin Kudu LGA, Jigawa State
Morphology Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system.Blench, Roger. 2021. The erosion of number marking in West Chadic Roger Blench. WOCAL, Leiden. Plurals are marked by the following suffixes.Blench, Roger Wordlist of the Sirzakwai (Warji) language with Hausa and English equivalents.
-tsǝ -sA (-sǝ, -sa) -Aŋsǝ (-ǝŋsǝ, -aŋsǝ) -(aŋ)ʃi (-shi, -aŋshi; stem-final -i is assimilated)
These may be all allomorphs of a single suffix, with optional inserted nasals.
Suppletive nominal plurals are:
English singular plural child ŋaa mǝru girl ŋaagǝɗ mǝrǝgudi woman gǝɗ guɗi man mumwan mumwanci human being warji zarsǝ
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