Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic ...
language spoken in
Plateau State
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Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...
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Nigeria
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Pankshin
Pankshin is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Pankshin.
It has an area of 1,524 km and a population of 191,685 at the 2006 census.
Pankshin is popularly known for its trade hub as most ...
LGA.
People
The traditional occupation of Chip people is farming. The people worship Na'an (God). Oral tradition states that they migrated from Kanem-Bornu to their present homeland with other tribes, Ngas, Mupun, and Mwaghavul.
Most Chip names are unisex, so in order to differentiate a man from a woman, the prefix ''Na'' is added to the woman's name and ''Da'' is added to the man's. For example, for a man and a woman both sharing Nandi, the man would be Danan, and the woman Nanan.
Words
*God - Na'an / Nan
*Father - Nda
*Child - La
*Girl - Larep
*Wash - Vang
*Person - Gurum
*Rain - Fuan/Fwan
*Children - Jep
*Food - Sehh/ Gwom/Mun
*Rice - Kapa
*Acha - Kuzuk
*Soup - Tok
*Chicken - Co
*Dog - As
*Goat - Irr
*Meat - Lu
''Lu'' ('meat') is used to specifically refer to meat from animals. For example, 'chicken' would be Lu Co.
Phrases
*What is your name - Sim yi awe? (girl); Sim gih awe? (boy)
*Good night - Nan yakal kih mun
*Bye - Sai dih darr
*Good morning - Tehra