Cuba (Tsucuba), anglicized as Shuba and also known as Urcibar in neighboring Lopa, is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria, spoken by a thousand people in Kebbi State.
The name Rerang (Oleran) subsumes both Cuba and the closely related Lopa language that surrounds it.[2][3]
Blench concludes that Cuba is more closely related to Shen (Laru) than it is to Rop (Lopa).[2]
Location
Cuba is spoken in the large villages of ò̃tʃébá (Cifamini), tʷò̃tʃíɡí (Gungun Tagwaye) and ò̃sán (Kwanga); and the minor villages of àjũ ́̃m (Yumu), àːʔʲɔ́ (Bakari) and ámbú (Ambu shiri).
References
- ^ Cuba at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025)
- ^ a b Blench, Roger (2012). “The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria” (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ McGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.