Kariya language

{{Short description|Afroasiatic language of Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kariya

|nativename=Vìnà Hə̀

|states=Nigeria

|region=Ganjuwa LGA, Bauchi State

|speakers=2,000

|date=1995

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic

|fam2=Chadic

|fam3=West Chadic

|fam4=Bade–Warji

|fam5=Warji (B.2)

|iso3=kil

|glotto=kari1316

|glottorefname=Kariya

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym||Wììhə́|Vìnà Hə̀}}

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. The ethnic group is known as Wììhə́.Blench, Roger. 2012. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Archaeology/Africa/Background%20to%20the%20North%20Bauchi%20area.pdf Linguistic and cultural background to the North Bauchi region and the Wiihə people]

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.