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Waja language spoken in Eastern Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dikaka or Cham, is one of the Savanna languages of Middle Belt, Nigeria. It is also known as Dijim–Bwilim, after its two dialects, Dijim and Bwilim. A tonal language, it has a whistled register. It is spoken in Gombe and southwestern parts of Adamawa State of Nigeria.
Dikaka | |
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Cham | |
Dijim-Bwilim | |
Native to | Gombe State of Nigeria |
Ethnicity | Dijim people |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Early forms | Dikaka
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Dialects |
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Latin (Dijim alphabets) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cfa |
Glottolog | diji1241 |
The two dialects are Dijim and Bwilim.[2]
Another related dialect is spoken by former speakers of the Jalaa language in and around Loojaa settlement.
It consists of 8 vowels and 17 consonants.
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