u̠t-Ma'in or Fakai is a Northwest Kainji dialect continuum spoken by 36,000 people in Nigeria. (The letter is .) There are numerous rather divergent dialects: Kag (Puku, Fakanchi, Et-Kag) Jiir (Gelanchi, Et-Jiir) Kur (Kere, Kar, Keri-Ni, Kelli-Ni, Kelanchi, Kelinci) Zuksun (Zussun, Et-Zuksun) Ror (Et-Maror, Tudanchi, Er-Gwar) Fer (Fere, Et-Fer, Wipsi-Ni, Kukum) Us (Et-Us) Koor (Kulu)
Names Names for the u̠t-Ma'in peoples and languages from Blench (2012):
Hausa name c-Lela name People Language Fakkawa Pək-nu Kag-ne ǝt-Kag Fakkawa Pək-nu əs-Us ǝt-Us Gelawa Geeri-ni a-Jiir ǝt-Jiir Zuksun Wipsi-ni a-Zuksun ǝt-Zuksun Kukumawa Wipsi-ni əs-Fer ǝt-Fer Kelawa Keri-ni Kər-ni ǝt-Kər Tuduwa ǝd-Gwan a-Ror ǝt-ma-Ror Kuluwa ? a-Koor ǝt-ma-Koor
Geographic distribution The Ut-Ma'in language is spoken mainly in Kebbi State (especially Fakai) and Sokoto State (Kebbe) but also in Niger State (Kontagora) and Zamfara State.
References
Further reading A sociolinguistic survey of the people of the Fakai district