Cakfem-Mushere | |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Bokkos LGA, Plateau State |
Speakers: | 5,000 |
Date: | 1990 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Chadic |
Fam3: | West Chadic |
Fam4: | Bole–Angas |
Fam5: | Angas (A.3) |
Iso3: | cky |
Glotto: | cakf1236 |
Glottorefname: | Cakfem-Mushere-Jibyal |
Cakfem-Mushere is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster spoken in Bokkos LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Kadim-Kaban and Jajura. Mutual intelligibility with Mwaghavul is high.[1]
Mushere is very close to Mwaghavul.[1]
Cakfem has two varieties, namely Outer Cakfem and Inner Cakfem. Outer Cakfem is very similar to Mwaghavul, but Inner Cakfem is more divergent, as Mwaghavul speakers have trouble understanding Inner Cakfem.[1] According to Blench in 2019, the Cakfem people have thirteen villages, with Tim as the main settlement. Hausa is frequently used by the younger generation.