Laru language

Laru (Laro), or Shen (SengweMcGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.), is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Busa.

Dialects There are three dialects of Shen spoken in the following villages:

Kárábàndéi and Sànsání Sàːgúnú4, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Barkatai Mɔ̀nːáĩ, Sáŋkʷà, and Màláːlé

The major villages, ordered from largest to smallest, are Sàːgúnú, Kárábàndéi, Sʷàʃí, Lúmːà, and Mɔ̀nːáĩ. There are fewer than 4,000 speakers.

Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Laru villages as Karabonde, Leshigbe, Luma, Monnai, Sansanni, and Shagunu.

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