Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa.[2] Dyarim is closely related.
Zeem | |
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Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 400 (2003)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | zua |
Glottolog | zeem1242 Zeemdyar1234 Dyarim |
ELP |
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.[3]
Dyarim had been influenced by Beromic languages during a time when Beromic was more widespread.[4]
Zeem-Caari-Danshe-Dyarim cluster varieties listed by Blench (2019):[5]
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.
West Chadic languages | |||||||
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Hausa–Gwandara (A.1) | |||||||
Bole–Tangale (A.2) |
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Angas (A.3) | |||||||
Ron (A.4) | |||||||
Bade (B.1) | |||||||
Warji (B.2) | |||||||
Barawa (B.3) |
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Others | |||||||
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |
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