Ngizim people

The Ngizim people (Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngijim, Ngujam, Ngazar, Nkazzar, Ngisam)[1] live in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. As of 1993, there were an estimated 80,000 Ngizim.[2] The tribe lives primarily in Potiskum, the largest city in Yobe State and originally a Ngizim town, as well as the areas to the east and south of the city.[3] Ngizim populations once inhabited parts of Borno and Jigawa states, but have since lost their cultural identity after being assimilated into other ethnic groups.[4] The Ngizim speak a Chadic language also called Ngizim.[citation needed]

  1. ^ H R Palmer (1926). History Of The First Twelve Years Of The Reign Of Mai Idris Alooma Of Bornu ( 1571 1583) ( Fartua, Ahmed Ibn). p. 88.
  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