Ngizim language

Ngizim (also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a Chadic language spoken by the Ngizim people in Yobe State, Nigeria.[1]

Ngizim
Native toNigeria
RegionYobe State
Native speakers
(80,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ngi
Glottologngiz1242
ELPNgizim[2]

Writing System
Ngizim alphabet[3]
Uppercase ƎABƁC DƊEFG HIJKL
Lowercase ǝabɓc dɗefg hijkl
Uppercase MNOPR R̃STUV WYʼY Z
Lowercase mnopr r̃stuv wyʼy z

The digraphs dl, sh, tl, zh are also used.

Notes
  1. Ngizim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Ngizim.
  3. Adamu & Potiskum 2009, p. vi.

Further reading
  • Mohammed Alhaji Adamu, Usman Babayo Garba Potiskum, 2009, Ngizim–English–Hausa Dictionary, Yobe Language Research Project.
  • Russell G. Schuh. 1972. "Aspects of Ngizim Syntax," University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation.
  • Russell G. Schuh. 1977. "Bade/Ngizim determiner system," Afroasiatic Linguistics 4:1-74.
  • Russell G. Schuh. 1981. A Dictionary of Ngizim. University of California Publications in Linguistics 99. Berkeley: University of California Press.


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