Ayere language

Ayere
Oyuwu
Native toNigeria
RegionKogi State
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1992)
Language codes
ISO 639-3aye
Glottologayer1245

Ayere (Oyuwu) is an endangered divergent Volta–Niger language of Nigeria, closely related only to Ahaan.

It is named after Ayere village in Ijumu LGA, Kogi State, which is the only village where it is spoken. There are fewer than 3,000 speakers of Oyuwu left.

Distribution

According to Ethnologue, Ayere (Oyuwu) is spoken in:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ayere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Blench, Roger (2007). The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities (PDF) (Report).
  3. 1 2 "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Ahan Language in Ekiti State and the Oyuwu (Ayere) Language in Kogi State, Nigeria". SIL Global. 1 August 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.