Panawa language

Panawa
Panawa
Person	ɔnɔPanawa
People	anɔPanawa
Language	iPanawa

Panawa
Panawa
Bujiyel
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Toro LGA, Bauchi State
Native speakers	3,000-4,000 (2021)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji East Kainji Shammo Panawa; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pwb
Glottolog	pana1298

Panawa (Bujiyel) is an East Kainji language of Nigeria^[2] belonging to the Shammo cluster.^[1]

Panawa is mostly closely related to Boze.^[1]

Distribution

There are probably no more than 3,000-4,000 ethnic Panawa. The Panawa live in the following five villages of Toro LGA, Bauchi State.^[1]

Akusεru (Fadan Bujiyel)
Zabaŋa
Adizənə
Akayzoro
Kaŋkay

The 5 Panawa villages were originally located on a hill called Owo Panawa. All 5 villages were relocated down to the plains in 1948, retaining their original names and clan structures. Each of the villages corresponds to an exogamous clan.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
^ Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323

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[Shammo-1] Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.

[2] Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323

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