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Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by the Gbagyi people, which make up over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West Gwari) and Gbagyi (East Gwari), which have some difficulty in communication; sociolinguistically they are distinct languages.

• /i, u, e, o/ can also have allophones ɪ, ʊ, ɛ, ʌ.
• Nasal vowels /ĩ, ũ, ẽ, õ/ can also be heard as ɪ̃, ʊ̃, ɛ̃, ʌ̃.

• The following sounds may be labialized as /pʷ, bʷ, fʷ, vʷ, kʷ, ɡʷ, mʷ, k͡pʷ, ɡ͡bʷ, hʷ/ and palatalized as /pʲ, bʲ, fʲ, vʲ, kʲ, ɡʲ, mʲ, lʲ, wʲ/.
• Sounds /t, d, s, z, n/ when palatalized are always heard as tʃ, dʒ, ʃ, ʒ, ɲ.
• Sounds /f, b/ can be heard as bilabial sounds ɸ, β in free variation.
• /n/ is heard as velar ŋ when preceding velar consonants.
• /n/ becomes a labialized-velar ŋʷ when preceding a ?pojem=.
• Sounds /bʷ, ɡʷ, ɡʲ/ are softened to fricatives βʷ, ɣʷ, ɣʲ when preceding a glide, in medial-intervocalic position.
• /ɡ͡b/ is heard as an implosive ɓ in free variation.
• /h/ only has a limited occurrence, but it also may be allophonic with /f/ in Northern Gbagyi. In Southern Gbagyi, h is heard in free variation with /j/, when /j/ occurs before /i/ in syllable-final position.
• The palatalized /lʲ/ may also be heard as a central glide ɹ.^[2]

• The following sounds may be labialized as /pʷ, bʷ, fʷ, vʷ, kʷ, ɡʷ, mʷ/ and palatalized as /pʲ, bʲ, fʲ, vʲ, tʲ, dʲ, kʲ, ɡʲ, mʲ, lʲ, wʲ/.
• Stops may also be heard as post-nasalized as pᵐ, bᵐ, tⁿ, dⁿ, kᵑ, ɡᵑ, k͡pᵐ, ɡ͡bᵐ.
• Palatalized sounds /tʲ, dʲ/, typically occur as tʃ, dʒ or tʲ, dʲ in free variation, and as tʃ, dʒ, they can be represented orthographically as <ch, j>. Sounds /s, z, n/ when palatalized are always heard as ʃ, ʒ, ɲ, and can be represented orthographically as <sh, zh, ny>.
• Sounds /f, fʲ, b/ can be heard as bilabial sounds ɸ, ɸʲ, β in free variation.
• /d/ can also be heard as ɾ.
• Sounds /b, ɡ/ and /bʷ, ɡʷ, ɡʲ/ are softened to fricatives β, ɣ and βʷ, ɣʷ, ɣʲ when preceding a glide, in medial-intervocalic position.
• /n/ becomes a labialized-velar ŋʷ when preceding a ?pojem=.
• The palatalized /lʲ/ may also be heard in free variation, as a central glide ɹ or as a palatalized equivalent ɹʲ.
• /n/ when palatalized is heard as a palatal nasal ɲ, and is velar as ŋ when preceding velar consonants.^[3]

Gbagye is also known as Gwari-Matai or Gwarin Ngenge, which are recently adopted cover terms.^[4]

There are two separate Gbagyi groups living in:^[4]

• Minna and Kuta (more prominent group)
• around Diko, northeast of Suleja

Gbagye is the only Nupoid language that has the bilabial implosive /ɓ/.^[4]

Gbagyi (also known as Gwari) is a cover term for all the Gbari-speaking peoples, and includes many varieties.^[4]

Gbari-Yama is a cover term used for all southern Gbari dialects. There are two closely related dialects, which are:^[4]

• Shigokpna
• Zubakpna

Gbedegi is an extinct language (possibly a Nupe dialect) spoken near Mokwa (Nadel 1941).^[4]

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