Tso language
Tso (Tsóbó, Lotsu, Cibbo) is one of the Savanna languages of eastern Nigeria.
| Tso | |
|---|---|
| nyi tsó | |
| Native to | eastern Nigeria |
Native speakers | (16,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ldp |
| Glottolog | tsoo1241[2] |
| Tsó | |
|---|---|
| People | tsó-bó |
| Language | nyi tsó |
Dialects
The language is known as nyi tsó, while the people are known as Tsobo [tsó-bó]. The ethnic subgroups are,[3]
- Bərbou
- Swaabou
- Gusobu
A subsection of the Gusobu may also live in Luzoo settlement.
Each ethnic subgroup speaks a different Tso dialect. The Swaabou and Gusobu reportedly have trouble understanding each other. Tso lexical diversity is partly due to the tradition of word tabooing.[3]
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References
- Tso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tso". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.
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