Zeem language

Zeem
Zeem
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	400 (2003)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Barawa (B.3) Zaar Zeem; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Zeem (†); Caari; Danshe (†); Lushi (?); Dyarim; Tule (†);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zua
Glottolog	zeem1242 Zeem; dyar1234 Dyarim
ELP	Zeem; Tule; Lushi; Dyarim; Chaari;

Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa.^[2] Dyarim is closely related.

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]

Varieties[]

Zeem-Caari-Danshe-Dyarim cluster varieties listed by Blench (2019):^[5]

Zeem (extinct)
Tule (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[]

^ ^a ^b Zeem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Newman, Paul (1990). Nominal and verbal plurality in Chadic. Walter de Gruyter. p. 3. ISBN 978-90-6765-499-9. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
^ OLAC resources in and about the Zeem language
^ Blench, Roger. 2005. The Dyarim language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
^ Blench, Roger. 2020. The South Bauchi languages of Central Nigeria: a fresh view based on recent fieldwork. CALL 50. Leiden University, August 31, 2020.

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[e18-1] Zeem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Newman, Paul (1990). Nominal and verbal plurality in Chadic. Walter de Gruyter. p. 3. ISBN 978-90-6765-499-9. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

[3] OLAC resources in and about the Zeem language

[4] Blench, Roger. 2005. The Dyarim language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.

[BlenchAtlas4-5] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

[Blench-6] Blench, Roger. 2020. The South Bauchi languages of Central Nigeria: a fresh view based on recent fieldwork. CALL 50. Leiden University, August 31, 2020.

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