Miship, or Chip, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Doka is a dialect. ^[1] Blench lists the two dialects Longmaar and Jiɓaam. ^[2]

The Chip people are found in Pankshin LGA. ^[3]

People

The traditional occupation of Chip people is farming. The people worship Na'an (God). Oral tradition states that they migrated from Kanem-Bornu to their present homeland with other tribes, Ngas, Mupun, and Mwaghavul. ^[4]

Most Chip names are unisex, so in order to differentiate a man from a woman, the prefix Na is added to the woman's name and Da is added to the man's. For example, for a man and a woman both sharing Nandi, the man would be Danan, and the woman Nanan.

Words

• God - Na'an / Nan
• Father - Nda
• Child - La
• Girl - Larep
• Wash - Vang
• Person - Gurum
• Rain - Fuan/Fwan
• Children - Jep
• Food - Sehh/ Gwom/Mun

• Rice - Kapa
• Acha - Kuzuk
• Soup - Tok
• Chicken - Co
• Dog - As
• Goat - Irr
• Meat - Lu

Lu ('meat') is used to specifically refer to meat from animals. For example, 'chicken' would be Lu Co.

Phrases

• What is your name - Sim yi awe? (girl); Sim gih awe? (boy)
• Good night - Nan yakal kih mun
• Bye - Sai dih darr
• Good morning - Tehra

Numbers

• One - Kihme
• Two - Vul
• Three - Kun
• Four - Ferre
• Five - Pa'ad

Notes