Zeem language
| Zeem | |
|---|---|
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 400 (2003)[1] |
| Dialects |
Zeem (†)
Caari
Danshe (†)
Lushi (?)
Dyarim
Tule (†)
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
zua |
| Glottolog |
zeem1242 (Zeem)[2]dyar1234 (Dyarim)[3] |
Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa.[4]
The Zeem language is spoken in Toro LGA, Bauchi State. The Tulai and Danshe dialects are no longer spoken.[1] It is also called Chaari, Dokshi, Dyarum, Kaiwari, Kaiyorawa, Lukshi, and Lushi.[5]
Notes
- 1 2 Zeem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Zeem". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dyarim". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Newman, Paul (1990). Nominal and verbal plurality in Chadic. Walter de Gruyter. p. 3. ISBN 978-90-6765-499-9. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ↑ OLAC resources in and about the Zeem language
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