Kaduna comprises numerous ethnic groups and the groups have their own languages
Most of the languages are spoken in Southern Kaduna.
The languages of Kaduna people are:
- Acipa
- Gbagyi
- Kamuku
- Rogo
- Shama-Sambuga
- T’kurmi
- Hyam
- Berom
- Fantswam
- Gyong
- Hyam
- Jju Kanufi
- Mada
- Kyoli
- Nikyob-Kaninkon
- Ninzo Nungu
- Nyankpa
- Tyuku Zhire
- Numana
- Doka
- Hyam
- Iku-Gora-Ankwa
- Nghan
- Koro Wachi
- Kuturmi
- Zhire
- Koro Wachi
- Ajiya
- Kuce
- Gbagyi
- Shuwa-Zamani
- Gworok
- Iten
- Takad
- Sholyio
- Tyap
- Abisi
- Bina
- Dungu
- Jere
- Ikulu
- Kaivi
- Kinuku
- Koono
- Mala
- Rigwe
- Ruma
- Sheni
- T’kurmi
- Tsam
- Tumi
- Tyap
- Vono
- Vori
- Hausa
- Amo
- Bina
- Janji
- Lemoro
- Lere
- Sanga
- Tugbiri-Niragu
- Ahwai
- Ayu
- Bu
- Gwandara
- Hasha
- Ninzo
- Numana
- Nungu
- Sambe
- Sha
- Toro
- Nghan
Kaduna languages by LGA (Local Government Area)
| LGA | Languages |
|---|---|
| Birnin Gwari | Acipa, Eastern; Gbagyi; Kamuku; Rogo; Shama-Sambuga |
| Chikun | Gbagyi |
| Giwa | Hausa |
| Igabi | Hausa and Gbagyi |
| Ikara | Hausa and T’kurmi |
| Jaba | Ashe; Duya; Hyam |
| Jema’a | Ashe; Berom; Duya; Fantswam; Gyong; Hyam; Jju; Kanufi; Mada; Kyoli; Nikyob-Kaninkon; Ninzo; Nungu; Nyankpa; Shamang; Tyap; Tyuku Zhire; Numana |
| Kachia | Adara; Doka; Gbagyi; Hyam; Iku-Gora-Ankwa; Ikulu; Jju; Nghan; Koro Wachi; Kuturmi; Shamang; Tyap; Zhire |
| Kagarko | Ashe; Duya; Gbagyi; Koro Wachi |
| Kajuru | Adara; Ajiya; Kuce; Gbagyi; Shuwa-Zamani |
| Kaura | Gworok; Iten; Takad; Sholyio; Tyap and Tyecarak (Tyecaat) |
| Kauru | Abisi; Bina; Dungu; Jere; Ikulu; Kaivi; Kinuku; Koono; Mala; Rigwe; Ruma; Sheni; T’kurmi; Tsam; Tumi; Tyap; Vono; Vori and Hausa |
| Lere | Amo; Bina; Janji; Lemoro; Lere; Sanga; Tugbiri-Niragu and Hausa |
| Makarfi | Hausa |
| Sabon Gari | Hausa |
| Sanga | Ahwai; Ayu; Bu; Gwandara; Hasha; Ninzo; Numana; Nungu; Sambe; Sha; Toro |
| Soba | Hausa and Gbagyi |
| Zangon Kataf | Ikulu; Jju; Nghan; and Tyap; Tyecarak (Tyecaat) |
| Zaria | Hausa |
Other languages in Kaduna State are Bacama, Firan, and Sambe.
List of ethnic groups in Kaduna
Kaduna State comprises over 63 ethnic groups namely:
- Abinu (also known as Binawa)
- Ada (also known as Kuturmi)
- Adara (also known as Kadara)
- Agbiri (also known as Gure)
- Akurmi (labelled Kurama by the Hausa)
- Anghan (also known as Kamanton by the Hausa)
- Amo
- Aniragu (also known as Kahugu)
- Aruruma (named Ruruma by the Hausa)
- Asholio (also known as Moro’a)
- Atachaat (also known as Kachechere)
- Atuku
- Atyap (also known as Kataf by the Hausa)
- Ayu
- Bajju (also known as Kaje by the Hausa)
- Bakulu (Ikulu by the Hausa)
- Bhazar (named Koro)
- Bur (Sanga)
- Dingi
- Fantswam (also known as Kafanchan)
- Fulani
- Gbagyi-Gbari (Gwari in Hausa)
- Gwandara
- Gwong (Kagoma in Hausa)
- Ham (also known as Jaba in Hausa, which is a derogatory name)
- Hausa
- Ikulu
- Jangi (also known as Gwari by the Hausa)
- Kaivi (also known as Kaibi)
- Kanufi
- Kanuri
- Kigono
- Kinugu
- Kitimi
- Kiwafa
- Kiwollo
- Koro
- Kubvori (also known as Surubu)
- Mada (Mardan) Mada must have migrated during colonial rule
- Marghi
- Nandu
- Nduyah
- Numana
- Nindem
- Ningeshe
- Ninkyop
- Ninzo
- Nyenkpa (Yeskwa)
- Oegworok (also known as Kagoro)
- Pikal
- Pitti
- Ribang
- Rishuwa
- Rumada
- Ruruma
- Rumayya
- Shemawa
- Siyawa (Bauchi state?)
- Takad (also known as Attakar)
- Tarri
- Tsam (also known as Chawai)
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