Cipu language (original) (raw)
Cipu (Cicipu), or Western Acipa, is a Kainji language spoken by about 20,000 people in northwest Nigeria. The people call themselves Acipu, and are called Acipawa in Hausa. Like most Benue–Congo languages, Cipu has a complex noun class system. It has a fairly complex phonology with lexical and grammatical tone, vowel harmony and nasalisation. Virtually all Cipu speakers speak the lingua franca Hausa. Many also speak other nearby languages.
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| dbo:abstract | Cicipu ist eine platoide Sprache aus der Benue-Kongo-Sprachgruppe, welche von über 20.000 Menschen in Nordwest-Nigeria gesprochen wird. Die Volksgruppe der spricht diese Sprache als Muttersprache. Wie die meisten Benue-Kongo-Sprachen hat das Cicipu ein komplexes Nominalklassensystem. Sie hat zudem eine ausgesprochen komplizierte Phonologie und grammatikalische Töne, einschließlich Vokalharmonie und Nasalierung. Cicipu-Sprecher gehen zumeist dazu über, die Amtssprache Englisch als Muttersprache zu sprechen, da das englische politisch einen weitaus höheren Status genießt als einheimische nigerianische Sprachen. Viele, vor allem ältere Menschen, sprechen zudem auch die Verkehrssprache Hausa und weitere benachbarte Sprachen als Zweitsprache. (de) Cipu (Cicipu), or Western Acipa, is a Kainji language spoken by about 20,000 people in northwest Nigeria. The people call themselves Acipu, and are called Acipawa in Hausa. Like most Benue–Congo languages, Cipu has a complex noun class system. It has a fairly complex phonology with lexical and grammatical tone, vowel harmony and nasalisation. Virtually all Cipu speakers speak the lingua franca Hausa. Many also speak other nearby languages. (en) Le cicipu, le cipu ou l’acipa occidental, est une et une langue tonale appartenant à la branche bénoué-congolaise de la famille des langues nigéro-congolaises. Elle est parlée dans les États de Kebbi et de Niger au Nigeria. (fr) Cipu (Cicipu), ou Western Acipaé uma língua falada por cerca de 20 mil pessoas no noroeste da Nigéria. Esses falante se chamam de Acipu . Como a maioria das línguas benue-congolesas, Cipu tem um complexo sistema de classes de substantivo]]. Possui uma fonologia bastante complexa, com vocabulário léxico-gramatical com tons, harmonia vocálica e nasalização. Praticamente todos os falantes de Cipu falam o hauçá. Muitos também falam outras línguas próximas. (pt) |
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| dbp:altname | Western Acipa (en) |
| dbp:date | 1995 (xsd:integer) |
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| rdfs:comment | Cipu (Cicipu), or Western Acipa, is a Kainji language spoken by about 20,000 people in northwest Nigeria. The people call themselves Acipu, and are called Acipawa in Hausa. Like most Benue–Congo languages, Cipu has a complex noun class system. It has a fairly complex phonology with lexical and grammatical tone, vowel harmony and nasalisation. Virtually all Cipu speakers speak the lingua franca Hausa. Many also speak other nearby languages. (en) Le cicipu, le cipu ou l’acipa occidental, est une et une langue tonale appartenant à la branche bénoué-congolaise de la famille des langues nigéro-congolaises. Elle est parlée dans les États de Kebbi et de Niger au Nigeria. (fr) Cipu (Cicipu), ou Western Acipaé uma língua falada por cerca de 20 mil pessoas no noroeste da Nigéria. Esses falante se chamam de Acipu . Como a maioria das línguas benue-congolesas, Cipu tem um complexo sistema de classes de substantivo]]. Possui uma fonologia bastante complexa, com vocabulário léxico-gramatical com tons, harmonia vocálica e nasalização. Praticamente todos os falantes de Cipu falam o hauçá. Muitos também falam outras línguas próximas. (pt) Cicipu ist eine platoide Sprache aus der Benue-Kongo-Sprachgruppe, welche von über 20.000 Menschen in Nordwest-Nigeria gesprochen wird. Die Volksgruppe der spricht diese Sprache als Muttersprache. Wie die meisten Benue-Kongo-Sprachen hat das Cicipu ein komplexes Nominalklassensystem. Sie hat zudem eine ausgesprochen komplizierte Phonologie und grammatikalische Töne, einschließlich Vokalharmonie und Nasalierung. (de) |
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