Warji language

Warji (Warjawa) or Sirzakwai is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.

Distribution
Warji is spoken in:


 * Ganjuwa district, Darazo LGA, Bauchi State
 * Warji district, Ningi LGA, Bauchi State
 * Birnin Kudu LGA, Jigawa State

Morphology
Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system. Plurals are marked by the following suffixes.


 * -tsǝ
 * -sA (-sǝ, -sa)
 * -Aŋsǝ (-ǝŋsǝ, -aŋsǝ)
 * -(aŋ)ʃi (-shi, -aŋshi; stem-final -i is assimilated)

These may be all allomorphs of a single suffix, with optional inserted nasals.

Suppletive nominal plurals are: