Dijim-Bwilim
Dijim-Bwilim is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria, by about 25 thousand people.
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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.
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Words in Dijim-Bwilim
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ni* | |
| name | dun* | |
| eye | komi* | |
| ear | su* | |
| nose | jur* | |
| tooth | nuNun* | |
| tongue | loN3r* | |
| hand | kaN* | |
| blood | dugum* | |
| bone | kuk* | |
| skin | biyaN* | |
| knee | dun* | |
| breast | yur* | |
| liver | nor* | |
| water | hi* | |
| fire | kran* | |
| sun | ko* | |
| star | bEswaNi* | |
| stone | wEr* | |
| mountain | h3la* | |
| tree | riyaN* | |
| leaf | waN* | |
| night | kum* | |
| dog | gale* | |
| fish | la* | |
| one | win* | |
| two | t3su* | |
| I | mE* | |
| you | mwE* | |
| drink | no* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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