Sur language

Sur (Nsur), or Tapshin, is a minor Plateau language of Tapshin village in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Sur
Tapshin
kìsúr
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State, Plateau State
Native speakers
5,000 (1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tdl
Glottologsurr1238[2]
Nsur, Sur[3]
PersonNsúr
PeopleàNsúr
Languagekìsúr

There are no more than 3,000 to 4,000 speakers. Sur speakers are surrounded by Ngas speakers, who refer to the Sur as Dishili.[3] Nevertheless, Sur is a vital language still being passed onto children, and is not immediately endangered.[4]

References

  1. Sur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sur". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Blench, Roger M. 1998. Recent fieldwork in Nigeria: Report on Horom and Tapshin. Ogmios, 9:10-11.
  4. Blench, Roger. 2004. Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria.


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