Kim language explained

Kim
States:Chad
Ethnicity:Kim
Date:1993 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Mbum–Day
Fam4:Kim languages
Dia1:Garap
Dia2:Gerep
Dia3:Kolop
Dia4:Kosop
Iso3:kia
Glotto:kimm1246
Glottorefname:Kim

The Kim language of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Besme and Goundo.

The language was once mistakenly classified as Chadic, and called Masa, a Chadic name.

There is strong dialectical divergence; Blench considers Garap (Éré), Gerep (Djouman, Jumam), Kolop (Kilop, Kolobo), and Kosop (Kwasap, Kim) to be distinct languages.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)