Ngizim

E222773

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ngizim canonical 7
Ngizimawa 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Chadic language ⓘ
West Chadic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Ngizim people ⓘ
glottocode ngiz1242 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ngizimawa ⓘ
linked to: Ngizim

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 area ⓘ
linked to: Damaturu

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Ngizim → hasAlternativeName → Ngizimawa ⓘ
linked to: Ngizim
Duwai → isRelatedTo → Ngizim ⓘ
Nangere → hasEthnicGroup → Ngizim ⓘ
ngi → represents → Ngizim ⓘ
Ngizim → alternateName → Ngizimawa ⓘ
subject linked to: ngi
linked to: Ngizim
Ngizmawa → hasAutonym → Ngizim ⓘ