Warji language


Warji or Sirzakwai is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.

Distribution

Warji is spoken in:

Morphology

Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system. Plurals are marked by the following suffixes.
  • -tsǝ
  • -sA
  • -Aŋsǝ
  • -ʃi
These may be all allomorphs of a single suffix, with optional inserted nasals.
Suppletive nominal plurals are:
Englishsingularplural
childŋaamǝru
girlŋaagǝɗmǝrǝgudi
womangǝɗguɗi
manmumwanmumwanci
human beingwarjizarsǝ