The Kim language of southern
Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...
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
''Masa'' or ''masa de maíz'' (; ) is a dough made from ground nixtamalized maize. It is used for making corn tortillas, '' gorditas'', '' tamales'', '' pupusas'', and many other Latin American dishes.
It is dried and powdered into a flour f ...
'', 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.
[Roger Blench, 2004]
List of Adamawa languages
(ms)
References
Languages of Chad
Kim languages
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