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There are 38 languages spoken as first language in Niger State. Gbari, Gbagyi and Nupe are
major languages. The other languages are minority languages, some of them extremely small
and endangered. Basa-Kontagora is reported to be spoken by only ten people. Basa-Gumna is
extinct.
| ACIPA, EASTERN | Kontagora LGA |
| ACIPA, WESTERN | Kontagora LGA |
| ASU | Mariga LGA, several villages south of Kontagora |
| BAANGI | Northern Niger State |
| BARIBA | |
| BASA-GUMNA (†) | Chanchaga LGA |
| BASA-GURMANA | border of Rafi and Chanchaga LGAs, Kafin Gurmana |
| BASA-KONTAGORA | Mariga LGA, N.E. of Kontagora |
| BAUCHI | Rafi and Shiroro LGAs |
| BOKO | Borgu LGA |
| BUSA | Borgu LGA |
| CINDA-REGI-TIYAL | Chanchaga, Rafi and Mariga LGA's |
| CISHINGINI | Borgu and Agwara LGA's |
| DIBO | Lapai LGA |
| FUNGWA | Rafi LGA |
| GBAGYI | Rafi, Chanchaga, Shiroro, and Suleija LGA's |
| GBARI | Chanchaga, Suleija, Agaie, and Lapai LGA's |
| GUPA-ABAWA | Lapai LGA around Gupa and Edzu villages |
| GURMANA | Shiroro LGA. Gurmana town and nearby hamlets |
| GWAMHI-WURI | Magama LGA |
| GWANDARA | Suleija LGA |
| HUNGWORO | Rafi LGA |
| HUN-SAARE | Niger State, Rijau LGA |
| KADARA | Chanchaga LGA |
| KAKANDA | Agaie and Lapai LGA's |
| KAKIHUM | Northern Niger State |
| KAMI | Lapai LGA, Ebo town & 11 villages |
| LARU | Borgu LGA, on the banks of the Niger River |
| LELA | Rijau LGA |
| LOPA | Borgu LGA |
| NUPE-NUPE TAKO | Mariga, Gbako, Agaie, and Lapai LGA's |
| PONGU | Rafi LGA |
| RESHE | Borgu LGA; southern Kebbi State |
| SHAMA-SAMBUGA | Rafi and Mariga LGA's |
| SORKO | |
| TSIKIMBA | Magama and Mariga LGA's, Auna and Wara areas |
| TSISHINGINI | Magama and Mariga LGA's, Salka area |
| TSIVADI | Bangi, Kontagora and Rijau LGA's |
| UJIJILI | Chanchanga and Suleija LGA's, on the road from Minna to Abuja at Kafin Koro |
| ZARMA |
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