Reshe language

Reshe
Tsureshe
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kebbi State, Niger State
Ethnicity	Gungawa, Yaurawa (Yauri)
Native speakers	(44,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Reshe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	res
Glottolog	resh1242
ELP	Reshe

Reshe
People	Bareshe
Language	Tsureshe

Reshe is the most divergent of the Kainji languages of Nigeria.^[2] It is spoken on the northern and southern sides of Kainji Lake.^[3] It is spoken in Yauri LGA, Kebbi State, and in Borgu LGA, Niger State.

Birnin Yauri (Ireshe ubinə) is the ancient city of the Reshe people, and is situated about five miles east of Yelwa.^[4]

References

1. Reshe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "Roger Blench: Reshe language". www.rogerblench.info. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
3. "Nigeria, Map 1". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
4. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Further reading

• Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Reshe people

External links

• Reshe dictionary