Ut-Ma'in language
u̠t-Ma’in or Fakai is a Northwest Kainji dialect continuum spoken by 36,000 people in the Fakai district of Nigeria. There are numerous rather divergent dialects:
- Kag
- Jiir
- Kur
- Zuksun
- Ror
- Fer
- Us
- Koor
Names for the u̠t-Ma’in peoples and languages from Blench :
Hausa name | c-Lela name | People | Language |
Fakkawa | Pək-nu | Kag-ne | ǝt-Kag |
Fakkawa | Pək-nu | əs-Us | ǝt-Us |
Gelawa | Geeri-ni | a-Jiir | ǝt-Jiir |
Zuksun | Wipsi-ni | a-Zuksun | ǝt-Zuksun |
Kukumawa | Wipsi-ni | əs-Fer | ǝt-Fer |
Kelawa | Keri-ni | Kər-ni | ǝt-Kər |
Tuduwa | ǝd-Gwan | a-Ror | ǝt-ma-Ror |
Kuluwa | ? | a-Koor | ǝt-ma-Koor |