Ngizim

E222773

Ngizim is a West Chadic language spoken primarily by the Ngizim people in northeastern Nigeria.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ngizim canonical 5
Ngizimawa 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Chadic language
West Chadic language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa
country Nigeria
ethnicGroupAssociated Ngizim people
glottocode ngiz1242
hasAlternativeName Ngizim
surface form: Ngizimawa

Ngizmawa
hasLinguisticFeature noun class remnants
rich consonant inventory
tonal language
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
hasMajorContactLanguage Arabic
Hausa
hasNeighboringLanguage Bade
Bole
Hausa
hasStandardForm no widely established standard
isDocumentedIn descriptive grammars
isEndangered true
iso639-3Code ngi
isUsedFor everyday communication
local trade
oral tradition
languageFamily Afroasiatic
languageStatus minority language in Nigeria
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Islam
region Damaturu
surface form: Damaturu area

northeastern Nigeria
spokenBy Ngizim people
spokenIn Nigeria
Yobe State
subBranch West Chadic
subFamily Chadic languages
surface form: Chadic
subGroup Warji
surface form: Bade–Warji
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ngizim hasAlternativeName Ngizim
this entity surface form: Ngizimawa
Duwai isRelatedTo Ngizim
Nangere hasEthnicGroup Ngizim