Zhire language

{{Short description|Plateau language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Zhire

|nativename=Kenyi

|region=Kaduna State

|states=Nigeria

|speakers=?

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Plateau

|fam5=Central ?

|fam6=Hyamic ?

|iso3=zhi

|glotto=zhir1238

|glottoname=Zhire

|glotto2=shan1278

|glottoname2=Shang

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym|person=u-ʃaŋ|people=a-ʃaŋ|language=|root=ʃaŋ{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}}}

Zhire is a poorly known Plateau language of Nigeria. A variety called Shang is relexified Zhire.