Zeem language
Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa.[4] Dyarim is closely related.
| Zeem | |
|---|---|
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 400 (2003)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zua |
| Glottolog | zeem1242 Zeem[2]dyar1234 Dyarim[3] |
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.[5]
Dyarim had been influenced by Beromic languages during a time when Beromic was more widespread.[6]
Varieties
Zeem-Caari-Danshe-Dyarim cluster varieties listed by Blench (2019):[7]
- Zeem (extinct)
- Tule (extinct)
- Danshe
- Chaari
- Dyarim
- Dokshi (Lukshi, Lushi)
- Jimi
Blench reports in 2019 that only 3 very elderly speakers of the Dokshi language remain in the village of Lukshi, Bauchi State.
Notes
- Zeem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Zeem". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Dyarim". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Newman, Paul (1990). Nominal and verbal plurality in Chadic. Walter de Gruyter. p. 3. ISBN 978-90-6765-499-9. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- OLAC resources in and about the Zeem language
- Blench, Roger. 2005. The Dyarim language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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