Kimba language

Kimba
Tsikimba
Native to Nigeria
Region Niger State
Ethnicity Kambari
Native speakers
 100,000 (2004)[1]
Dialects
  • Kimba
  • Agaushi
  • Ngwunci
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kdl
Glottolog tsik1238[2]
Kimba
People Akimba
Language Tsɨkimba
Gaushi
People Agaushi
Language Tsɨgaushi
Wənci
Person Mawunci
People Ŋwənci
Language Tsuwənci

The Kimba language, Tsikimba, is a Kainji language of Nigeria spoken by the Kambari people. As of 2004, the language had 100,000 native speakers.

Kimba has three dialects: Kimba, Gaushi (Agaushi) and Wənci (Ngwunci). Blench considers Gaushi and Wənci (Ngwunci) to be distinct languages.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kimba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tsikimba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Roger Blench, 2010. The Kambari languages
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