Miya (Miyawa) is a Chadic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.[1] It is also referred to as "vә́na mίy" translating to "mouth of miy".[2] There are approximately 5,000 speakers of Miya. It is related to languages such as Hausa, which the Miya people sometimes borrow from.
| Miya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1995)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mkf |
| Glottolog | miya1266 |
Miya's verb morphology is suprasegmental, where the masculine first person is marked with a high tone.
Miya's noun class is divided between feminine and masculine, as well as a divider on morphology between animate and inanimate nouns. Noun classes where all nouns are under the class of feminine of masculine is called grammatical gender.
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