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Chadic Languages
The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel. They include 196 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, and northern Cameroon. By far the most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa language, Hausa, a lingua franca of much of inland Eastern West Africa, particularly Niger and the northern half of Nigeria. Hausa is the only Chadic language with more than 1 million speakers. Composition Paul Newman (linguist), Paul Newman (1977) classified the languages into the four groups which have been accepted in all subsequent literature. Further subbranching, however, has not been as robust; Roger Blench (2006), for example, only accepts the A/B bifurcation of East Chadic. Subsequent work by Joseph Lovestrand argues strongly that Kujarge is a valid member of East Chadic. The placing of Luri as a primary split of West Chadic is erroneous. Bernard Caron (2004) shows that this l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kujargé Language
The Kujargé language is spoken in seven villages in eastern Chad near Jebel Mirra (), and in villages scattered along the lower Wadi Salih and Wadi Azum in Darfur, Sudan. It is estimated to have about 1,000 speakers (). Background The name ''Kujargé'' (also spelled ''Kujarke'') is derived from the Sudanese Arabic word (, "sorcerer"), due to the Kujarke's reputation for practicing witchcraft among the Sinyar people. The speakers were reported to live mainly by hunting and gathering due to the climate, terrain, and unstable seasonal water supply of the Dar Fongoro area being inhospitable for intensive agriculture and animal husbandry. Honey was one of their main foods obtained through foraging. The Kujarge refer to themselves as Kujartenin Debiya. They are surrounded by the Daju-Galfigé to the west, the Sinyar to the north, and the Fur-Dalinga, Fongoro, Formono, and Runga to the east and south. Historically, they had been ruled by the Daju sultans, and may have been slaves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumak Language
Tumak, also known as Toumak, Tumag, Tummok, Sara Toumak, Tumac, and Dije, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the southwestern Chadian prefectures of Moyen-Chari and Koumra. Motun (Mod) and Tumak dialects have a lexical similarity In linguistics, lexical similarity is a measure of the degree to which the word sets of two given languages are similar. A lexical similarity of 1 (or 100%) would mean a total overlap between vocabularies, whereas 0 means there are no common words. ... of only 70%; Blench (2006) lists Tumak, Motun, and Mawer as separate languages. Most Motun speakers use some Sara. The "Gulei" listed in Greenberg might be a dialect of Tumak. Phonology Tumak also has two tones; high and low. References East Chadic languages Languages of Chad Endangered Afroasiatic languages {{Chad-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gidar Language
Gidar (Gidder), or Kaɗa, is a Biu–Mandara (Chadic) language of Cameroon and Chad. Gedar is spoken from Guider to the Chadian border in the Far North Region of Cameroon, in Mayo-Kani Department (arrondissements of Kaélé Kaélé is a town in Cameroon's Far North Province, on the Diamaré Plain at . It lies near the Chadian border and 104 km south of Maroua. The town has a population of roughly 30,600 and is the capital of the Mayo Kani division. The cottonsee ... and Moutourwa), and in the North Region, Mayo-Louti Department. ''Baynawa'' means "my friend" in the Gedar language, and this name is what some people use for the Gedar (ALCAM 1983). References Languages of Cameroon Languages of Chad Biu-Mandara languages {{BiuMandara-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musgu Language
Musgu is a cluster of closely related language varieties of the Biu–Mandara subgroup of the Chadic languages spoken in Cameroon and Chad. The endonym is ''Mulwi''. Blench (2006) classifies the three varieties as separate languages. Speakers of the extinct related language Muskum have switched to one of these. Names Muzuk is another name for the language. Another term, ''Mousgoum'', is not used by the speakers themselves. Munjuk languages Munjuk languages: *Munjuk **Muzuk **Beege **Mpus **Vulum ''Munjuk'', from ''manjakay'' (H. Tourneux), refers to the a group of four related languages, not only Muzuk. Munjuk languages are spoken in northern Mayo-Danay Department (arrondissements of Maga, Yele, and Kai-Kai in the Far North Region). Beege and Mpus are found in the flood plains of the Logone River The Logon or Logone River is a major tributary of the Chari River. The Logone's sources are located in the western Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, and southern Chad. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buduma Language
Yedina, also known as Buduma (Boudouma), is a Chadic language of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around Lake Chad in western Chad and neighbouring Cameroon and Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, .... 200 speakers live in Cameroon, and the rest live in Chad. See also * Buduma people Notes References * Louise McKone. 1993. "A Phonological Description of Yedəna (Buduma), Language of Lake Chad," University of Texas at Arlington MA thesis. * Elhadji Ari Awagana. 2001. "Grammatik des Buduma: Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax," LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, Biu-Mandara languages Languages of Chad Languages of Cameroon Languages of Nigeria {{Chad-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bata Language
Bata (Gbwata) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Numan, Song, Fufore and Jimeta gire Yola maiha Demsa lamorde LGAs, and in Cameroon in North Province along the border with Nigeria. Dialects are Demsa, Garoua, Jirai, Kobotachi, Malabu, Ndeewe, Ribaw, Wadi, and Zumu (Jimo). It is often considered the same language as Bacama. Names Blench (2019) lists Bwatye (endonym: Ɓwaare; exonym: Bachama) as a closely related language variety. They are located in Adamawa State (Numan and Guyuk LGAs) and Kaduna State (northeast of Kaduna town). It is also called ''Kwā ɓwàryē''. ALCAM (2012) lists Gbwata (''Bwaara'' in Nigeria) as the singular personal form of ''Bata''. The speakers refer to their language as "the language of the Gbwata", called ''Magbwatá'', ''Magbwati'' or ''Magbwatiye'' in Cameroon. Dialects In Cameroon, there are three varieties of Gbwata: *Demsa ( Demsa commune in Bénoué department, which is on the Nigerian border, 30 km ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamwe Language
Kamwe (also spelt Kamue) is a Chadic language native to Adamawa State and Borno State of Nigeria as well as to North-Western Cameroon. In Nigeria about 80 percent of the Kamwe people are found in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. They are also found in Mubi North, Hong, Gombi, Song and Madagali local governments in Adamawa State. The Kamwe people are also found in Borno State, especially in Askira/Uba and Gwoza local government areas Blench (2019) lists Mukta of Mukta village, Adamawa State Adamawa is a States of Nigeria, state in the North East (Nigeria), North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno State, Borno to the northwest, Gombe State, Gombe to the west, and Taraba State, Taraba to the southwest while its eas ... as part of the Kamwe cluster. Etymology and names Kamwe is a compound word derived from the words "Ka" and "Mwe" Which means "People of". Kamwe stands for people of the same consanguinity and affinity. It means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bura Language
Bura (also known as Burah, Burra, Bourrah, Bura-Pabir, Babir, Babur, Barburr, Mya Bura, Kwojeffa, Huve, Huviya) is a Chadic language spoken in North-eastern Nigeria by the Bura-Pabir people. Dialects include Pela, Bura Pela, Hill Bura, Hyil Hawul, Bura Hyilhawul, and Plain Bura. The language is closely related to Kilba, Chibok, Margi and a few other north-eastern Nigerian Languages. Phonology Consonants Consonant clusters also occur among plosives/affricates, nasals, and fricatives. Vowels Orthography In the 2010 Bura-English Dictionary, Roger Blench proposed an orthography similar to that of Hausa based on the Latin alphabet The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the Ancient Rome, ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered except several letters splitting—i.e. from , and from � ... with the addition of the letters ɓ, ɗ, ə, and ƙ, as well as the following digraphs: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaar Languages
The South Bauchi languages (also called the B.3 West Chadic or Barawa languages) are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in Bauchi State and Plateau State, Nigeria. An extensive lexical survey of the South Bauchi languages had been carried out by Kiyoshi Shimizu from 1974 to 1975.Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1978. ''The Southern Bauchi group of Chadic languages: a survey report''. (Africana Marburgensia: Sonderheft, 2.) Marburg/Lahn: Africana Marburgensia. 48pp. Another early survey was that of Gowers (1907), which included 42 languages of Bauchi. Languages The South Bauchi languages include: ;South Bauchi languages *Zaar group: Dass; Geji, Polci (Polchi), Saya, Zari, Zeem *Guruntum group: Guruntum-Mbaaru, Ju, Tala, Zangwal *Boghom group: Jimi, Jum; Boghom, Kir-Balar, Mangas Roger Blench (2020) counted around 38 South Bauchi languages. Internal classification Shimizu (1978) Shimizu (1978) classifies the South Bauchi languages as follows. Individual languages ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warji Language
Warji (Warjawa) or Sirzakwai is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa. Distribution Warji is spoken in: *Ganjuwa district, Darazo LGA, Bauchi State *Warji district, Ningi LGA, Bauchi State * Birnin Kudu LGA, Jigawa State Jigawa (; 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is a state in Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Jigawa was created on 27 August 1991, under the General Ibrahim Babangida military administration. Jigawa State was ... Morphology Within the Bade–Warji languages, Warji has the most complex nominal plural marking system.Blench, Roger. 2021. The erosion of number marking in West Chadic Roger Blench'. WOCAL, Leiden. Plurals are marked by the following suffixes.Blench, Roger Wordlist of the Sirzakwai (Warji) language with Hausa and English equivalents'. *-''tsǝ'' *-''sA'' (-''sǝ'', -''sa'') *-''Aŋsǝ'' (-''ǝŋsǝ'', -''aŋsǝ'') *-''(aŋ)ʃi'' (-''shi'', -''aŋshi''; stem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bade Languages
The Bade languages (also known as B.1 West Chadic or the Bade–Ngizim languages) are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in Borno State and Jigawa State of northern Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, .... Bade is the most widely spoken language with 250,000 speakers, followed by Ngizim with 80,000 speakers. Many Bade languages, such as Shirawa, Teshenawa, and Auyokawa, are extinct. Languages The Bade languages are:Blench, Roger. 2006The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List(ms) * Duwai * Bade * Shira (†, dialect of Bade) * Ngizim * Teshenawa (†) * Auyokawa (†) Names and locations Below is a comprehensive list of Bade language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). References External links UCLA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
