Gwandara is a West Chadic language , and the closest relative of Hausa . Its several dialects are spoken in northern Nigeria , predominantly in the north central region of Nigeria by the Gwandara people and some settlers who are about 30,000 people. They are found in large numbers in Abuja , Niger, Kaduna, Kogi and a resettlement town of New Karshi, Karu LGA, Nasarawa State. New Karshi has a Gwandara first class emir Muhammadu Bako III (PhD).
1-477: The Gwandara people are one of the indigenous tribes of FCT Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. The Nimbia dialect has a duodecimal numeral system (they count in base 12), 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: The Nimbia 12 number set number system
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