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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Latin (Dijim alphabets) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cfa |
Glottolog | diji1241 |
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.