Reshe language

{{Short description|Kainji languages of Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Reshe

|nativename=Tsureshe

|states=Nigeria

|region=Kebbi State, Niger State

|ethnicity=Gungawa, Yaurawa (Yauri)

|speakers=44,000

|date=1993

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Kainji

|fam5=

|iso3=res

|glotto=resh1242

|glottorefname=Reshe

}}

{{infobox ethnonym||Bareshe|Tsureshe|root=Reshe}}

Reshe is the most divergent of the Kainji languages of Nigeria.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/Reshe/ReOP.htm|title=Roger Blench: Reshe language|website=www.rogerblench.info|access-date=2017-07-16}} It is spoken on the northern and southern sides of Kainji Lake.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/map/NG_01|title=Nigeria, Map 1|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2017-07-16}} It is spoken in Yauri LGA, Kebbi State, and in Borgu LGA, Niger State.

Birnin Yauri (Ireshe ubinə) is the ancient city of the Reshe people, and is situated about five miles east of Yelwa.{{Cite web|last=Blench|first=Roger|url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/General/Kainji%20language%20overview.pdf|title=The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2012|location=Cambridge}}