Kariya language
Kariya or Vinahə (Vìnà Hə̀), is an Afroasiatic language spoken in a cluster of villages near the Stone Age archaeological site of Kariya Wuro in Ganjuwa LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria.[2] The Wiihə people have a highly rich and complex ritual culture that includes elaborate masquerades, a circumcision ceremony known as sár, a ritual calendar, and so on.[2] Speakers live in the two main settlements of Kariya Gyada and Tulu.The settlement of Dutsen Giwa used to have Vinahə speakers, but it is now Hausa-speaking.[2] Wiihə clans and their respective founders and shrines:[2]