Warji language
# Warji language

Warji (Warjawa) or Sirzakwai is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.

## Distribution

Warji is spoken in:

* Ganjuwa district, Darazo LGA, Bauchi State
* Warji district, Ningi LGA, Bauchi State
* Birnin Kudu LGA, Jigawa State

## Morphology

Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system. Plurals are marked by the following suffixes.

* -tsǝ
* -sA (-sǝ, -sa)
* -Aŋsǝ (-ǝŋsǝ, -aŋsǝ)
* -(aŋ)ʃi (-shi, -aŋshi; stem-final -i is assimilated)

These may be all allomorphs of a single suffix, with optional inserted nasals.

Suppletive nominal plurals are:

| English | singular | plural |
| - | - | - |
| child | ŋaa | mǝru |
| girl | ŋaagǝɗ | mǝrǝgudi |
| woman | gǝɗ | guɗi |
| man | mumwan | mumwanci |
| human being | warji | zarsǝ |
