Tyap Language
| Tyap | |
|---|---|
| Katab | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
Native speakers |
130,000 (1993)[1] close to 500,000 with Jju |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
kcg |
| Glottolog |
tyap1238[2] |
Tyap, or Katab, is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria, named after its prestige dialect, also known as Morwa. Other dialects are Gworok (Kagoro), Atakar, Kacicere, Sholio, Kafancan. According to Blench (2008), Jju, with an even larger number of speakers, appears to be a Tyap variety, though speakers are ethnically distinct.
Geographical Distribution
Native Katab speakers are mostly found in Jema'a, Kachia and Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Southern Kaduna, Nigeria.
Dialect
Katab language also Kataf or Tyap has many dialects such as
- Sholio( moroa by hausa)
- Gworok
- Attakar
- Kagoro etc.
Alphabet
'Zhunzhwuo Alyem Atyap'
Aa Aa Aw Bb Bw Ch Chy Dd Ee Ff Fw Gg Gb Gh Ghw Ghy Gw Hh Hw Ii II Jj Jhy Kk Kh Kp Kw Ll Mm Nn Ng Nw Ny Oo Pp Rr As Sh Shy Sw Tt Ts Tw Uu Vv Vw Ww Yy Zz Zw
Some Words Associated with the Alphabet:
Bw bwak “wall”
Ch chat “want” or "love"
Chy Chyat “grass”
Fw fwai “a plant(rope)”
Gb gbang “far”
Gh ghan “hurry”
Ghw gwang “drawing”
Ghy aghyang “another”
Numbers
Small Numbers
- Nyung/one
- Fiyang/two
- Tat/three
- Naai/four
- Fwon/five
- Taa/six
- Natat/seven
- Ninai/eight
- Kubunyung/nine
- Swak/ten
- Swak nfiyang/twenty
- Swak ntat/thirty
- Swak nnaai/forty
- Swak Nfwon/fifty
- Swak taa/sixty
- Swak Natat/seventy
- Swak Ninai/eighty
- Swak kubunyung/ninety
- Chyi Jhung/one hundred
Large Numbers
- Chyj jhyung/one hundred
- Chyi Swuyang/two hundred
- Chyi Tsat/three hundred
- Chyi Naai/four hundred
- Chyi Tswon/five hundred
- Chyi Taa/six hundred
- Chyi Natat/seven hundred
- Chyi Ninai/eight hundred
- Chyi Kubunyung/nine hundred
- Chyi-Kob Jhyung/one thousand
- Chyi-Kob Swak/ten thousand
- Chyi-Kob Chyi Jhyung/one hundred thousand
- Miliyen nyung/one million
- Biliyen nyung/one billion
- Triliyen nyung/one trillion
References
- ↑ Tyap at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tyap". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Further reading
- Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
- Luke A. Dabo(2009). Introduction to Tyap for Beginners. Kaduna: Bi-shann publishing.