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 5
Ngizimawa 1

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 (6)

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