Etymology of Yauri (Hausa Presence in the Waters of the Niger)
A structured historical-philological, etymological, and language-shift dataset profiling 4 key accounts, popular legends, scholarly evaluations, orthographic changes, and commercial baselines regarding the naming origins and linguistic transformations of the term Yauri (historically Yawuri) from the pre-colonial era through British colonial re-standardization.
Source & Methodology
Extracted from regional Hausa oral traditions (Tatsuniyoyi), dynastic court chronicles, early British colonial mapping gazetteers, and long-distance mercantile logs systemized by editors Prof. A.I. Yandaki, Prof. H.M. Maishanu, and Prof. M.U. Bunza in their collaborative history project "Hausa Presence in the Waters of the Niger: A History of Yauri Kingdom from 1411 up to its Emirate Status".