Kimba language
| Kimba | |
|---|---|
| Tsikimba | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Niger State |
| Ethnicity | Kambari |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2004)[1] |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
kdl |
| Glottolog |
tsik1238[2] |
| Kimba | |
|---|---|
| People | Akimba |
| Language | Tsɨkimba |
| Gaushi | |
|---|---|
| People | Agaushi |
| Language | Tsɨgaushi |
| Wənci | |
|---|---|
| Person | Mawunci |
| People | Ŋwənci |
| Language | Tsuwənci |
The Kimba language, Tsikimba, is a Kainji language of Nigeria spoken by the Kambari people. As of 2004, the language had 100,000 native speakers.
Kimba has three dialects: Kimba, Gaushi (Agaushi) and Wənci (Ngwunci). Blench considers Gaushi and Wənci (Ngwunci) to be distinct languages.[3]
References
- ↑ Kimba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tsikimba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Roger Blench, 2010. The Kambari languages
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