Hasha language
Plateau language spoken in Nigeria
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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.
NativetoNigeria
RegionNassarawa State
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1999)[1]| 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 |
Personháʃà
Peopleháʃa
Languagehàʃà
| 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]