Ngizim language

Ngizim
Native toNigeria
RegionYobe State
Native speakers
(80,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ngi
Glottologngiz1242
ELPNgizim

Ngizim (also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a Chadic language spoken by the Ngizim people in Yobe State, Nigeria.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ a b Ngizim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Ethnologue Report: Ngizim". www.ethnologue.com.
  3. ^ "Yobe Language Research Project". www.humnet.ucla.edu.
  4. ^ A Sudanic Chronicle: The Borno expeditions of Idris Alauma (1564–1576), pp. 122 and 155
  5. ^ Palmer, H. R. Sudanese Memoirs. p. 32.
  6. ^ "Yobe Ngizims and their values". Nigeria Tribune. Nigeria. 20 July 2007.
  7. ^ Palmer, H. R. History of the first twelve years of the reign of Mai Idris Alooma of Bornu (1571–1583), by his Imam Ahmed Bin Furtua. p. 4.
  8. ^ Hoghen, S. J.; Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. Emirates of Northern Nigeria. p. 363.
  9. ^ Pataskum Emirate Palace Museum