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Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
Ngizim (also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a
Chadic language spoken by the
Ngizim people in
Yobe State,
Nigeria.
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Writing System
Ngizim alphabet
Uppercase
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Ǝ |
A |
B |
Ɓ |
C
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D |
Ɗ |
E |
F |
G
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H |
I |
J |
K |
L
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Lowercase
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ǝ |
a |
b |
ɓ |
c
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d |
ɗ |
e |
f |
g
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h |
i |
j |
k |
l
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Uppercase
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M |
N |
O |
P |
R
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R̃ |
S |
T |
U |
V
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W |
Y |
ʼY
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Z
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Lowercase
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m |
n |
o |
p |
r
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r̃ |
s |
t |
u |
v
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w |
y |
ʼy
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z
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The digraphs dl, sh, tl, zh are also used.
Notes
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Ngizim at
Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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^ "Ethnologue Report: Ngizim". www.ethnologue.com.
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"Yobe Language Research Project". www.humnet.ucla.edu.
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A Sudanic Chronicle: The Borno expeditions of Idris Alauma (1564–1576), pp. 122 and 155
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Palmer, H. R. Sudanese Memoirs. p. 32.
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"Yobe Ngizims and their values". Nigeria Tribune. Nigeria. 20 July 2007.
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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.
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Hoghen, S. J.; Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. Emirates of Northern Nigeria. p. 363.
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Pataskum Emirate Palace Museum
Further reading
- 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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