Cakfem-Mushere language explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.