Kimba language
Kimba | |
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Tsikimba | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Niger State |
Ethnicity | Kambari |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2004)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kdl |
Glottolog | tsik1238 |
Kimba | |
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People | Akimba |
Language | Tsɨkimba |
Gaushi | |
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People | Agaushi |
Language | Tsɨgaushi |
Wənci | |
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Person | Mawunci |
People | Ŋwənci |
Language | Tsuwənci |
The Kimba languages (Tsikimba; or the Kambari II languages) are a group of
Wenci (Ngwunci)
.
Languages
There are three languages: Kimba (Tsikimba), Gaushi (Agaushi), and Wənci (Ngwunci). Roger Blench considers Gaushi (Agaushi, Ashe) and Wenci (Ngwunci) to be distinct languages.[2]
The Kimba language (Tsikimba) has three dialects: Auna, Yumu and Wara.
The Ngwunci language has two dialects: Agwara (tsu-saweni) and Rofia (tsu-ɓʷəshi).[3] The Kimba language (Tsikimba) is spoken in
Lake Kainji
).
References
- ^ Kimba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Roger Blench, 2010. The Kambari languages
- ^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.