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There are 60 languages spoken as first languages in Bauchi State. Major languages spoken
in Bauchi State are Bole, Fulfulde and Hausa. Most others are very small and extremely
endangered languages, due to the strong influence of Hausa. Ajawa, Gamo-Ningi, Kubi and
Mawa are extinct, Lere, Shau and Ziriya are nearly extinct. Many others may follow.
| AJAWA (†) | |
| BADA | Tafawa Balewa LGA |
| BEELE | near the Bole |
| BOLE | Alkaleri and Darazo LGA's |
| BURE | Darazo LGA |
| CIWOGAI | Ganjuwa LGA |
| DASS | Alkaleri, Toro, and Dass LGA's |
| DAZA | Darazo LGA |
| DENO | Darazo LGA |
| DIRI | Ningi and Darazo LGA's |
| DUGURI | Alkaleri and Tafawa Balewa LGA's |
| DUGUZA | Toro LGA |
| DULBU | Bauchi LGA, Dulbu village south-east of Bauchi town |
| FULFULDE | |
| GALAMBU | Bauchi LGA |
| GAMO-NINGI (†) | Ningi LGA |
| GEJI | Toro LGA |
| GERA | Bauchi and Ganjuwa LGA's, Bauchi town |
| GERUMA | Toro, Ganjuwa, Bauchi, and Southern Ningi LGA's |
| GIIWO | Alkaleri, Bauchi, and Darazo LGA's |
| GURUNTUM-MBAARU | Bauchi and Alkaleri LGA's |
| GWA | Toro LGA |
| GYEM | Toro LGA |
| HAUSA | |
| IZERE | Toro LGA |
| JARAWA | |
| JERE | Toro LGA |
| JIMI | Ganjuwa LGA, Jimi village |
| JU | Bauchi LGA, Ju village |
| KAREKARE | Gamawa and Misau LGA's |
| KARIYA | Ganjuwa LGA, Kariya village near Miya town |
| KIR-BALAR | Bauchi LGA, Kir Bengbet and Kir Bajang'le villages |
| KONA | Alkaleri and Akko LGA's |
| KUBI (†) | Ganjuwa LGA, Kubi town |
| KUDU-CAMO | Ningi LGA |
| LABIR | Bauchi and Alkaleri LGA's |
| LAME | Toro LGA, Lame district |
| LEMORO | Toro LGA |
| LERE cluster | Toro LGA |
| LURI | Bauchi LGA, Kayarda and Luri village |
| MANGAS | Bauchi LGA, Mangas town |
| MAWA (†) | Toro LGA |
| MBURKU | Darazo LGA |
| MIYA | Ganjuwa LGA, Miya town |
| PA'A | Ningi and Bauchi LGA's |
| PERO | Kaltungo LGA |
| POLCI | Dass, Toro, and Bauchi LGA's |
| SANGA | Toro LGA |
| SAYA | Tafawa Balewa LGA |
| SHALL-ZWALL | Dass LGA |
| SHAU | Toro LGA, Shau and Mana villages |
| SHIKI | Bauchi LGA. Gubi and Guru towns, north of Bauchi town |
| SHUWA-ZAMANI | Toro LGA |
| SIRI | Ningi LGA |
| TALA | Bauchi LGA, Kuka and Talan Kasa villages |
| TAPSHIN | Tafawa Balewa LGA |
| VAGHAT-YA-BIJIM-LEGERI | Tafawa Balewa LGA |
| WARJI | Ningi LGA |
| ZANGWAL | Bauchi LGA |
| ZARI | Toro, Dass, and Tafawa Balewa LGA's |
| ZEEM | Toro LGA |
| ZIRIYA | Toro LGA, Kere and Ziriya |
| ZUMBUN | Ganjuwa LGA, Jimbim settlement |
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