Psikyɛ dialect

People	Kapsiki
Language	Margi

Psikye
Psikye
Native to	Cameroon, Nigeria
Region	Far North Province, Adamawa State
Ethnicity	Kapsiki
Native speakers	(52,500 cited 1982–1992)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bura–Higi Higi (A.3) Kamwe Psikye; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kvj
Glottolog	psik1239

Psikye (Psikya, Kapsiki) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. Varieties include Psikyɛ and Zləngə. Blench (2006) classifies it as a dialect of Kamwe.^[2]

Names[]

In Cameroon, Psikya speakers use the name Margi to refer to their own language and its three varieties. The prefix ka-, in Kapsiki 'people', marks the plural ethnonym. It is called Higi in Nigeria.^[3]

Dialects[]

Psikyá covers the entire southwestern part of the arrondissement of Mokolo and Mogodé (department of Mayo-Tsanaga, Far North Region, Cameroon) along the Nigerian border, in the settlements of Roumzou, Mogode, and Roumsiki. The Sara people refer to them as Kamu.^[3]

Zléŋé and Wula are spoken in only two neighborhoods in the border village of Oula in Cameroon.^[3]

Writing system[]

A Psikyɛ spelling was developed by the Biblical Alliance of Cameroon and is used in the translation of the Bible into Psikyɛ, Ghena ta Shala, published in 1988.^[4] This uses several additional letters including in particular ⟨ɓ, ɗ, ə, ɛ, ŋ, ’⟩.

Notes[]

^ Psikye at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Volume 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069. |volume= has extra text (help)
^ van Beek 2012, p. xi-xii.

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[e21-1] Psikye at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)

[blench-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

[ALCAM2012-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Volume 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069. |volume= has extra text (help)

[FOOTNOTEvan_Beek2012xi-xii-4] van Beek 2012, p. xi-xii.

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