Ngizim (also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a Chadic language spoken by the Ngizim people in Yobe State, Nigeria."Ethnologue Report: Ngizim". www.ethnologue.com."Yobe Language Research Project". www.humnet.ucla.edu.A Sudanic Chronicle: The Borno expeditions of Idris Alauma (1564–1576), pp. 122 and 155Palmer, H. R. Sudanese Memoirs. p. 32."Yobe Ngizims and their values". Nigeria Tribune. Nigeria. 20 July 2007.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.Hoghen, S. J.; Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. Emirates of Northern Nigeria. p. 363.Pataskum Emirate Palace Museum
Writing System + Ngizim alphabet Uppercase Ǝ A B Ɓ C D Ɗ E F G H I J K L Lowercase ǝ a b ɓ c d ɗ e f g h i j k l Uppercase M N O P R R̃ S T U V W Y ʼY Z Lowercase m n o p r r̃ s t u v w y ʼy z The digraphs dl, sh, tl, zh are also used.
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Further reading Mohammed Alhaji Adamu, Usman Babayo Garba Potiskum, 2009, Ngizim–English–Hausa Dictionary , Yobe Language Research Project. Russell G. Schuh. 1972. "Aspects of Ngizim Syntax," University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation. Russell G. Schuh. 1977. "Bade/Ngizim determiner system," Afroasiatic Linguistics 4:1-74. Russell G. Schuh. 1981. A Dictionary of Ngizim. University of California Publications in Linguistics 99. Berkeley: University of California Press.
External links
English-Ngizim Wordlist Descriptive papers on Ngizim from UCLA