Ngizim language
Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
| Ngizim | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Yobe State |
Native speakers | (80,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ngi |
| Glottolog | ngiz1242 |
| ELP | Ngizim |
Ngizim (also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a Chadic language spoken by the Ngizim people in Yobe State, Nigeria.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Writing System
| Uppercase | Ǝ | A | B | Ɓ | C | D | Ɗ | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowercase | ǝ | a | b | ɓ | c | d | ɗ | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l |
| Uppercase | M | N | O | P | R | R̃ | S | T | U | V | W | Y | ʼY | Z | |
| Lowercase | m | n | o | p | r | r̃ | s | t | u | v | w | y | ʼy | z | |
The digraphs dl, sh, tl, zh are also used.
Notes
- ^ a b Ngizim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Ethnologue Report: Ngizim". www.ethnologue.com.
- ^ "Yobe Language Research Project". www.humnet.ucla.edu.
- ^ A Sudanic Chronicle: The Borno expeditions of Idris Alauma (1564–1576), pp. 122 and 155
- ^ Palmer, H. R. Sudanese Memoirs. p. 32.
- ^ "Yobe Ngizims and their values". Nigeria Tribune. Nigeria. 20 July 2007.
- ^ Palmer, H. R. History of the first twelve years of the reign of Mai Idris Alooma of Bornu (1571–1583), by his Imam Ahmed Bin Furtua. p. 4.
- ^ Hoghen, S. J.; Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. Emirates of Northern Nigeria. p. 363.
- ^ Pataskum Emirate Palace Museum
- ^ Adamu & Potiskum 2009, p. vi. sfn error: no target: CITEREFAdamuPotiskum2009 (help)
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
- Descriptive papers on Ngizim from UCLA
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