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Hya Language
Hya is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and neighboring regions of Nigeria. Distribution The Hya language is spoken only in Amsa, a locality situated about 10 km south of Rumsiki where Psikya is spoken, on the border with Nigeria (Mogodé commune, Mayo-Tsanaga Mayo-Tsanaga is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 4,393 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 699,971. The capital of the department is at Mokolo. It is located within the Mand ... department, Far North Region). It may be the same as the "Higi" dialect ''Ghyá'' as listed by R. Mohrlang. Classification Higi (spoken in Nigeria), Psikya, and Hya are three distinct but close languages belonging to the Margi group of languages. Notes Biu-Mandara languages Languages of Cameroon Languages of Nigeria {{BiuMandara-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya 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 to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 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 of States of Nigeria, 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far North Province
The Far North Region, also known as the Extreme North Region (from french: Région de l'Extrême-Nord), is the northernmost constituent province of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Region to the south, Chad to the east, and Nigeria to the west. The capital is Maroua. The province is one of Cameroon's most culturally diverse. Over 50 different ethnic groups populate the area, including the Shuwa Arabs, Fulani, and Kapsiki. Most inhabitants speak the Fulani language Fulfulde, Chadian Arabic, and French. Geography Land Sedimentary rock such as alluvium, clay, limestone, and sandstone forms the greatest share of the Far North's geology. These deposits follow the province's rivers, such as the Logone and Mayo Tsanaga, as they empty into Lake Chad to the north. At the province's south, a band of granite separates the sedimentary area from a zone of metamorphic rock to the southwest. This latter region includes deposits of gneiss, mica, and schists. The Rhumsik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chadic Languages
The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel. They include 150 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, the Central African Republic, and northern Cameroon. The most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa, a ''lingua franca'' of much of inland Eastern West Africa. Composition 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. Kujargé has been added from Blench (2008), who suggests Kujargé may have split off before the breakup of Proto-Chadic and then subsequently became influenced by 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 (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biu–Mandara Languages
The Biu–Mandara or Central Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. A reconstruction of Proto-Central Chadic has been proposed by Gravina (2014). Languages Gravina (2014) Gravina (2014) classifies Central Chadic as follows, as part of a reconstruction of the proto-language. Letters and numbers in parentheses correspond to branches in previous classifications. The greatest changes are breaking up and reassigning the languages of the old Mafa branch (A.5) and Mandage (Kotoko) branch (B.1). *South **South ***Bata (A.8) ****Bata Proper: Bacama, Bata, Fali, Gude, Gudu, Holma (†), Jimi, Ngwaba (from A.1 Tera), Nzanyi, Sharwa ****Tsuvan: Tsuvan, Zizilivakan ***Daba (A.7) ****Daba Proper: Daba, Mazagway Hidi ****Mina: Mina, Mbudum ****Buwal: Buwal, Gavar ***Mafa (= South A.5 Mafa (d)): Mafa, Mefele, Cuvok ***Tera (A.1): ****East Tera: Boga, Ga'anda, Hwana ****(West Tera): Jara, Tera ***Sukur (A.6) *Hurza **Hurza (from A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higi Languages
Higi is a consumer health service that creates health stations, offers educational content and health risk tests and offers digital and home health tools. The kiosks appear in supermarkets, pharmacies, and other retail locations. Higi has nearly 10,000 health stations in the United States. It was founded in 2012 by Khan Siddiqui and Michael W. Ferro Jr., the owner of the Chicago Sun-Times. Company Higi acquired Merge Health Information Kiosks for $2.75 million in 2012 and kiosk provider Stayhealthy in 2014 for an undisclosed amount. It received investment from BlueCross BlueShield's venture fund in 2017. Another notable investor is Lupe Fiasco, who accepted a role as creative director of the company. As part of the Blue Shield investment, Higi acquired a Seattle company called EveryMove. In 2017, Sam's Club began offering Higi in its stores Higi also placed kiosks at Vanderbilt University and Wegman's supermarkets The kiosks are also at Kroger, Meijer, Shopko, Rite Aid and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro-Asiatic Languages
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic subregions of Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara/Sahel. With the exception of its Semitic branch, all branches of the Afroasiatic family are exclusively native to the African continent. Afroasiatic languages have over 500 million native speakers, which is the fourth-largest number of native speakers of any language family (after Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Niger–Congo). The phylum has six branches: Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and Omotic. The most widely spoken modern Afroasiatic language or dialect continuum by far is Arabic, a ''de facto'' group of distinct language varieties within the Semitic branch. The languages that evolved from Proto-Arabic have around 313 million nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumsiki
Rhumsiki, also spelt Rumsiki and Roumsiki, is a village in the Far North Province of Cameroon. Rhumsiki is located in the Mandara Mountains 55 km (34 mi) from Mokolo, and is located 3 km (2 mi) from the border with Michika LGA, Adamawa State, Nigeria. The village is similar to many others in northern Cameroon. The inhabitants, members of the Kapsiki ethnic group, live in small houses built from local stone and topped with thatched roofs;Hudgens and Trillo 1130. these homes are scattered throughout the village and surrounding valley. Nevertheless, Rhumsiki is one of Cameroon's most popular tourist attractions and "the most touristic place in northern Cameroon".West 219. The attraction is the surrounding scenery. Gwanfogbe, et al., describe it as "remarkable", ''Lonely Planet'' as "striking",Fitzpatrick 264. ''Rough Guides'' as "breathtaking" and '' Bradt Guides'' as an "almost lunar landscape". Writer and explorer André Gide wrote that Rhumsiki's surroundings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogodé
Mogodé is a commune in Mayo-Tsanaga Department, Cameroon. In 2005, the population was recorded at 112905. Gallery The sacred mountain of Mogode, place of the primordial habitation. Kapsiki.JPG, The sacred mountain of Mogode, place of the primordial habitation. Kapsiki The women during the year festival in Mogode. Kapsiki.jpg, The women at the yearly festival in Mogodé, Kapsiki (Cameroon) Vandu Zraté, a respected village elder of Mogode. Kapsiki.jpg, Vandu Zratè, a respected village elder of Mogode. ASC Leiden - W.E.A. van Beek Collection - Thuis in Afrika - 00.1 - Cover photo. Zra Kangacè and Tizhè Zra Damba drinking millet beer - Mogodé, Cameroon - 1998.jpg, Friendship. Draining a gourd with millet Millets () are a highly varied group of small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food. Most species generally referred to as millets belong to the tribe Paniceae, but some millets ... beer together at the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayo-Tsanaga
Mayo-Tsanaga is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 4,393 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 699,971. The capital of the department is at Mokolo. It is located within the Mandara Mountains, on the border with Nigeria. Subdivisions The department is divided administratively into 7 communes and in turn into villages. Communes * Bourrha * Hina * Koza * Mogodé Mogodé is a commune in Mayo-Tsanaga Department, Cameroon. In 2005, the population was recorded at 112905. Gallery The sacred mountain of Mogode, place of the primordial habitation. Kapsiki.JPG, The sacred mountain of Mogode, place of the prim ... * Mokolo * Mozogo * Souledé-Roua Gallery File:Mandara Mountains - panoramio (1).jpg, Mandara Mountains File:Mandara Mountains - panoramio (2).jpg, Mandara Mountains File:Mandara Mountains - panoramio.jpg, Mandara Mountains References Departments of Cameroon Far North Region (Camer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higi Language
Kamwe also spelt Kamue) is a Chadic language autochthonous to Adamawa State, Borno State of Nigeria and 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 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 family kindred. Relatives bound together. It derived its meaning from a special type of native Kamwe ornament worn by close relatives of a deceased person as a mark of identity and empathy. According to Kamwe elders the "Mwe" is the mark of true identity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
