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 s ...
language spoken in
Plateau State
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Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tou ...
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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 o ...
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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