Koro Wachi language

Koro Wachi
	Tinɔr
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Native speakers	150,000 (2006–2012)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Koroic Koro Wachi; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; ahs – Ashe; bqv – Begbere-Ejar
Glottolog	ashe1269 Ashe[2]; begb1241 Begbere-Ejar[3]

Koro Wachi (also Waci), natively Tinɔr,^[4] is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. Koro language is a Hausa cover term for several local languages, such as the Jilic languages.

Koro Wachi forms part of a larger cultural grouping with the Ashe.^[4]

References

↑ Ashe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Begbere-Ejar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ashe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Begbere-Ejar". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
1 2 "The Tinɔr [=Koro Waci] language of Central Nigeria and its affinities" (PDF). 20 May 2009. p. 1.

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