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Ngizim language

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

Ngizim (also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a Chadic language spoken by the Ngizim people in Yobe State, Nigeria.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Writing System

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Ngizim alphabet[10]
Uppercase Ǝ A B Ɓ C D Ɗ E F G H I J K L
Lowercase ǝ a b ɓ c d ɗ e f g h i j k l
Uppercase M N O P R S T U V W Y ʼY Z
Lowercase m n o p r s t u v w y ʼy z

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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Ngizim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Ethnologue Report: Ngizim". www.ethnologue.com.
  3. ^ "Yobe Language Research Project". www.humnet.ucla.edu.
  4. ^ A Sudanic Chronicle: The Borno expeditions of Idris Alauma (1564–1576), pp. 122 and 155
  5. ^ Palmer, H. R. Sudanese Memoirs. p. 32.
  6. ^ "Yobe Ngizims and their values". Nigeria Tribune. Nigeria. 20 July 2007.
  7. ^ Palmer, H. R. History of the first twelve years of the reign of Mai Idris Alooma of Bornu (1571–1583), by his Imam Ahmed Bin Furtua. p. 4.
  8. ^ Hoghen, S. J.; Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. Emirates of Northern Nigeria. p. 363.
  9. ^ Pataskum Emirate Palace Museum
  10. ^ Adamu & Potiskum 2009, p. vi.

Further reading

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  • 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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