Cicipu
Cicipu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Cicipu is a Kainji language spoken by about 20,000 people in northwest Nigeria. The people call themselves Acipu and are called Acipawa in Hausa.
Like most Benue–Congo languages, Cicipu has a complex noun class system. It has a fairly complex phonology with lexical and grammatical tone, vowel harmony and nasalisation.
Virtually all Cicipu speakers speak the lingua franca Hausa. Many also speak other nearby languages.
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Words in Cicipu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | za* | |
| name | hula* | |
| eye | osi* | |
| ear | tivi* | |
| nose | hu* | |
| tooth | Nga* | |
| tongue | re7e* | |
| hand | Ciye* | |
| blood | hi7i* | |
| bone | tere* | |
| skin | kwa* | |
| knee | lu* | |
| breast | si7ya* | |
| liver | CinCusilana* | |
| water | moni | |
| fire | la* | |
| sun | lenji* | |
| star | CiCere* | |
| stone | tari* | |
| mountain | sa* | |
| tree | daNga* | |
| leaf | sa* | |
| night | hi7i* | |
| dog | wa* | |
| fish | yo7yo* | |
| louse | kurukuta* | |
| one | to* | |
| two | yapu* | |
| I | amu* | |
| you | ivo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- TsuvadiAtlantic-Congo26% alike
- Salka-TsishinginiAtlantic-Congo25% alike
- Western-Kambari-CishinginiAtlantic-Congo19% alike
- Hun-SaareAtlantic-Congo15% alike
- KuramaAtlantic-Congo13% alike
- AmoAtlantic-Congo13% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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