Ngizim (also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a
Chadic language spoken by the
Ngizim people in
Yobe State
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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 G ...
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Writing System
The digraphs dl, sh, tl, zh are also used.
Notes
Further reading
* Mohammed Alhaji Adamu, Usman Babayo Garba Potiskum, 2009,
Ngizim–English–Hausa Dictionary
', Yobe Language Research Project.
* Russell G. Schuh. 1972. "Aspects of Ngizim Syntax," University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation.
* Russell G. Schuh. 1977. "Bade/Ngizim determiner system," ''Afroasiatic Linguistics'' 4:1-74.
* Russell G. Schuh. 1981. ''A Dictionary of Ngizim''. University of California Publications in Linguistics 99. Berkeley: University of California Press.
External links
English-Ngizim Wordlist
West Chadic languages
Languages of Nigeria
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