Not to be confused with Bu-Ninkada language or Buu language (Cameroon).
Geji
Region
Bauchi State
Native speakers
8,000 (2019)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
West
Barawa (B.3)
Zaar
Geji
Dialects
Fyalu
Mugan
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: gyz – Geji (Gyazi) zbu – Buu
Glottolog
geji1246
ELP
Geji
Buu (Nigeria)[2]
Geji (Gezawa) is a minor Chadic dialect cluster of Bauchi State, Nigeria. The three varieties are Buu, Gyaazi and Mәgang. The latter two are quite similar or alike.[3]
^Geji (Gyazi) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Buu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^Endangered Languages Project data for Buu (Nigeria).
^Blench, Roger. 2020. An introduction to Mәgang, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria.
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