Gwandara

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Gwandara is a West Chadic language, and the closest relative of Hausa. Its several dialects are spoken in northern Nigeria by about 30,000 people. The Nimbia dialect has a duodecimal numeral system, whereas other dialects, such as Karshi below, have decimal systems: It is thought that Nimbia, which is isolated from the rest of Gwandara, acquired its duodecimal system from neighboring East Kainji languages. It is duodecimal even to powers of base twelve:
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[en] Gwandara language
[nl] Gwandara

Language type : Living

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Following BCP 47 the recommended tag for this language is gwn.

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ISO 639-3 : gwn

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