Gwandara is a West Chadic language, and the closest relative of Hausa.
They are found in large numbers in Abuja, Niger, Kaduna, Kogi and a resettlement town of New Karshi, Karu LGA, Nasarawa State.
New Karshi has a Gwandara first class emir Muhammadu Bako III (PhD).
The Gwandara people are one of the indigenous tribes of FCT Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.
The Nimbia dialect has a duodecimal numeral system (they count in base 12), whereas other dialects, such as Karshi below, have decimal systems:[2] It is thought that Nimbia, which is isolated from the rest of Gwandara, acquired its duodecimal system from neighboring East Kainji languages.