Alternate Names: Gena, Mboire, Mboyi
Dialects: Banga, Handa, Mboi. Dialect cluster (Crozier and Blench 1992).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 19,000 (1992).
Language Use: Also use Bena [yun], Ga’anda [gqa], Gudu [gdu], Hausa [hau], Nigerian Fulfulde [fuv].
Language Development: All major villages have primary schools. They desire education.
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.