Hasha, also known as Yashi, is a Plateau language of Nasarawa State Nigeria. It has an idiosyncratic system of reduplicating the first syllable of noun stems, apparently under the influence of the Chadic language Sha.
| Hasha | |
|---|---|
| Yashi | |
| hàʃà | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Nassarawa State |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ybj |
| Glottolog | hash1238 |
| ELP | Hasha |
| haʃa[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | háʃà |
| People | háʃa |
| Language | hàʃà |
Hasha is spoken by about 3,000 people in Kwààn (Yàshì Sarki; Bwora), which is the main settlement, and also in the two nearby villages of Hàshàsu (Yàshì Pá) and Hùsù (Yàshì Madaki; Kusu).[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Hasha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Blench, Roger. 2012. The Hasha (Yashi) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
- ^ Blench, Roger. M. 1999. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios, 11:11:14.
- Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.