| Miya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1995)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mkf |
| Glottolog | miya1266 |
Miya (Miyawa) is aChadic language of theAfro-Asiatic language family spoken inBauchi 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 asHausa, which theMiya people sometimes borrow from.
Miya's verb morphology issuprasegmental, 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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