Zeem language
(Redirected from Tule language)
| Zeem | |
|---|---|
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 400 (2003)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:zem – Zeemcxh – Chaʼaridsk – Dokshidyr – Dyarimtvi – Tulai |
| Glottolog | zeem1242 Zeemdyar1234 Dyarimdans1239 Chaarilush1256 Dokshinucl1693 Tulai |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
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]
Varieties
[edit | edit source]Zeem-Caari-Danshe-Dyarim cluster varieties listed by Blench (2019):[5]
- Zeem (extinct)
- Tule (or Tulai, extinct)
- Danshe
- Chaari
- Dyarim
- Dokshi (Lukshi, Lushi)
- Jimi
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.
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Zeem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Chaʼari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Dokshi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Dyarim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tulai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ OLAC resources in and about the Zeem language
- ^ Blench, Roger. 2005. The Dyarim language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Blench, Roger. 2020. The South Bauchi languages of Central Nigeria: a fresh view based on recent fieldwork. CALL 50. Leiden University, August 31, 2020.
