Zeem language

Zeem
Region Bauchi State
Native speakers
 400 (2003)[1]
Dialects
  • Zeem (†)
  • Caari
  • Danshe (†)
  • Lushi (?)
  • Dyarim
  • Tule (†)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 zua
Glottolog zeem1242  (Zeem)[2]
dyar1234  (Dyarim)[3]

Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa.[4]

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]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Zeem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Zeem". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dyarim". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ Newman, Paul (1990). Nominal and verbal plurality in Chadic. Walter de Gruyter. p. 3. ISBN 978-90-6765-499-9. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  5. ↑ OLAC resources in and about the Zeem language


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