Zeem language
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Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa.[1] Dyarim is closely related.
The Zeem language is spoken in Toro LGA, Bauchi State. The Tulai and Danshe dialects are no longer spoken.[2] It is also called Chaari, Dokshi, Dyarum, Kaiwari, Kaiyorawa, Lukshi, and Lushi.[3]
Dyarim had been influenced by Beromic languages during a time when Beromic was more widespread.[4]
Varieties
Zeem-Caari-Danshe-Dyarim cluster varieties listed by Blench (2019):[5]
- Zeem (extinct)
- Tule (or Tulai, extinct)
- Danshe
- Chaari
- Dyarim
- Dokshi (Lukshi, Lushi)
- Jimi
Blench reports in 2019 that only 3 very elderly speakers of the Dokshi (or Lukshi[6]) language remain in the village of Lukshi, Bauchi State.
Notes
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- ↑ OLAC resources in and about the Zeem language
- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2005. The Dyarim language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
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- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2020. The South Bauchi languages of Central Nigeria: a fresh view based on recent fieldwork. CALL 50. Leiden University, August 31, 2020.