Rigwe language
| Rigwe | |
|---|---|
| Nkarigwe | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State, Kaduna State |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1985) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | iri |
| Glottolog | irig1241 |
| Rigwe | |
|---|---|
| People | Nneirigwe |
| Language | Nkarigwe |
| ɾȉgʷȅ | |
|---|---|
| Person | ƴîɾìgʷȅ |
| People | yíɾìgʷȅ |
| Language | ɾȉgʷȅ |
The Rigwe language, Nkarigwe, is a Plateau language of Nigeria spoken by the Irigwe people mainly found in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Rigwe has highly complex phonology. The presence of the lateral fricative /ɬ/ in Rigwe, unusual among Plateau languages, suggests that there used to be West Chadic languages in the area with this phoneme.