Ngizim
E222773
Ngizim is a West Chadic language spoken primarily by the Ngizim people in northeastern Nigeria.
All labels observed (2)
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.
this entity surface form:
Ngizimawa