Gupa-Abawa | |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Niger State |
Speakers: | 15,000 |
Date: | 1989 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Volta–Niger |
Fam5: | Nupoid |
Fam6: | Nupe–Gbagyi |
Fam7: | Nupe languages |
Iso3: | gpa |
Glotto: | gupa1248 |
Glottorefname: | Gupa-Abawa |
Gupa-Abawa is a Nupoid language spoken in Niger State, Nigeria. It is named after its two ethnicities, Gupa and Abawa.
Gupa is spoken in the villages of Gupa, Abugi-Jankara, Emirokpa, Favu, Kenigi, Kpotagi, Abete, Kuba, Avu, Dagbaje, Eji, Jihun, Yelwa, Cheku, Atsu,chepa, Alaba, Gbedu, and Kirikpo located to the south of Lapai. Lexically, it is most closely related to Kami and Dibo.[1]