Dikaka language

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Nigerian language. For other uses, see Mona language (disambiguation).
Dikaka
Cham
Dijim-Bwilim
Native toEastern Nigeria
Native speakers
25,000 (1998)[1]
Dialects
  • Dijim (Cham, Cam)
  • Bwilim (Mwana, Mona)
Language codes
ISO 639-3cfa
Glottologdiji1241

Dikaka or Cham, is one of the Savanna languages of Eastern Nigeria. It is also known as Dijim–Bwilim, after its two dialects, Dijim and Bwilim. A tonal language, it has a whistled register.

Dialects[]

The two dialects are Dijim and Bwilim.[2]

  • Dijim [dijím], spoken in and around Kindiyo (currently Cham town)
  • Bwilim [bwilím], spoken in and around Mɔna (Mwona, Mwana)

Another related dialect is spoken by former speakers of the Jalaa language in and around Loojaa settlement.

References[]

  1. ^ Dikaka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.
Retrieved from ""