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Word list name:Gbiri (Gbiri-Niragu) 
Location of idiolect:Kaduna state, Saminaka LGA 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:grh (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:105 
Audio files:0 wav, 0 mp3 
Copyright:Kay Williamson 
Date elicited:Published 1971 (see Elsewhere published) 
Contributing researcher: 
Acknowledgements:Thanks to Roger Blench who submitted this data to ComparaLex 
Elsewhere published:The Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist was originally published in Ibadan in two volumes edited by Kay Williamson and Kiyoshi Shimizu (Williamson and Shimizu 1968; Williamson 1973; see also Williamson 1971) 
Comments:The researcher labeled this language as Gbiri, the Ethnologue language name is Gbiri-Niragu, and the Ethnologue dialect name is Gbiri 
 Gbiri-Niragu [grh] - Gbiri (Gbiri-Niragu)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALku-nʌma  
2004ARROWu-kɪlla tu-
3005ASHES*in-ʧe  
4006ASK (A QUESTION)ribi  
5007BAD (BE), TO*ka-banza (<H.)  
6008BEAN*i-ʃim  
7010BELLYku-buri  
8011BITEkataV 
9012BUFFALOpɪ-kawi ɪ-
10013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)tumu ~ tum  
11014CALABASH*kake  
12015CARVE*re-ʃana  
13017CHILDkono nono
14018COME OUTpizə (?)  
15019COOL, BE(COME) TOinrakwu sanji (H.)  
16021COUNT: DRAW A LINE*borgja, *daza piduna  
17022COW/CATTLE*pi-na  
18023CRAB*korokoro  
19025DANCE, TO*u-baja, *u-baja  
20026DEPTH*u-dangu  

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