Tso | |
Nativename: | nyi tsó |
States: | eastern Nigeria |
Speakers: | 16,000 |
Date: | 1992 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Waja–Kam |
Fam4: | Waja |
Fam5: | Cham–Mona |
Iso3: | ldp |
Glotto: | tsoo1241 |
Glottorefname: | Tso |
People: | tsó-bó |
Language: | nyi tsó |
5: | Tsó |
Tso (Tsóbó, Lotsu, Cibbo) is one of the Savanna languages of eastern Nigeria.
The language is known as nyi tsó, while the people are known as Tsobo [tsó-bó]. The ethnic subgroups are,
A subsection of the Gusobu may also live in Luzoo settlement.
Each ethnic subgroup speaks a different Tso dialect. The Swaabou and Gusobu reportedly have trouble understanding each other. Tso lexical diversity is partly due to the tradition of word tabooing.[1]