Katab language

Tyap, or Katab, is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria, named after its prestige dialect, also known as Morwa. Other dialects are Gworok (Kagoro), Atakar, Kacicere, Sholio, Kafancan. According to Blench (2008), Jju, with an even larger number of speakers, appears to be a Tyap variety, though speakers are ethnically distinct.

Geographical Distribution

Native Katab speakers are mostly found in Jema'a, Kachia and Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Southern Kaduna,Nigeria.

Dialect

Katab language also Kataf or Tyap has many dialects such as sholio,gworok,attakar,kagoro etc

Alphabet

Like the Hausa Language , it uses the alphabet called boko.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Yy Zz

Numbers

Small Numbers

1. Nyung/one
2. Fiyang/two
3. Tat/three
4. Naai/four
5. Fwon/five
6. Taa/six
7. Natat/seven
8. Ninai/eight
9. Kubunyung/nine
10. Swak/ten
11. Swak nfiyang/twenty
12. Swak ntat/thirty
13. Swak nnaai/forty
14. Swak Nfwon/fifty
15. Swak taa/sixty
16. Swak Natat/seventy
17. Swak Ninai/eighty
18. Swak kubunyung/ninety
19. Chyi Jhung/one hundred

Large Numbers

1. Chyj jhyung/one hundred
2. Chyi Swuyang/two hundred
3. Chyi Tsat/three hundred
4. Chyi Naai/four hundred
5. Chyi Tswon/five hundred
6. Chyi Taa/six hundred
7. Chyi Natat/seven hundred
8. Chyi Ninai/eight hundred
9. Chyi Kubunyung/nine hundred
10. Chyi-Kob Jhyung/one thousand
11. Chyi-Kob Swak/ten thousand
12. Chyi-Kob Chyi Jhyung/one hundred thousand
13. Miliyen nyung/one million
14. Biliyen nyung/one billion

References

Further Reading

• Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
• Luke A. Dabo(2009). Introduction to Tyap for Beginners. Kaduna: Bi-shann publishing.