Zeem | |
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Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 400 (2003) [1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
zem – Zeem
cxh – Chaʼari
dsk – Dokshi
dyr – Dyarim
tvi – Tulai |
Glottolog |
zeem1242 Zeem
dyar1234 Dyarim
dans1239 Chaari
lush1256 Dokshi
nucl1693 Tulai |
ELP | Zeem |
Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa. [2] Dyarim is closely related.
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. [3]
Dyarim had been influenced by Beromic languages during a time when Beromic was more widespread. [4]
Zeem-Caari-Danshe-Dyarim cluster varieties listed by Blench (2019): [5]
Blench reports in 2019 that only 3 very elderly speakers of the Dokshi (or Lukshi [6]) language remain in the village of Lukshi, Bauchi State.
Zeem | |
---|---|
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 400 (2003) [1] |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
zem – Zeem
cxh – Chaʼari
dsk – Dokshi
dyr – Dyarim
tvi – Tulai |
Glottolog |
zeem1242 Zeem
dyar1234 Dyarim
dans1239 Chaari
lush1256 Dokshi
nucl1693 Tulai |
ELP | Zeem |
Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa. [2] Dyarim is closely related.
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. [3]
Dyarim had been influenced by Beromic languages during a time when Beromic was more widespread. [4]
Zeem-Caari-Danshe-Dyarim cluster varieties listed by Blench (2019): [5]
Blench reports in 2019 that only 3 very elderly speakers of the Dokshi (or Lukshi [6]) language remain in the village of Lukshi, Bauchi State.