The ASJP Database - Wordlist Kami Nigeria

Wordlist Kami Nigeria

Compiled by Matthew S. Dryer

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: kami1258
ISO 639-3: kmi

Coordinates WGS84

8°35'N, 6°40'E
8.58, 6.67

number of speakers	5,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Nupoid
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Ebira Nupoid > Macro Nupoid > Nupoid > Dibo Kupa > Dibo Kami > Kami Abawa
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Nupoid > Nupe Gbagyi > Nupe

Sources

Weise 2013: Governance and Ritual Sovereignty at the Niger-Benue Confluence: A Political and Cultural History of Nigeria's Igala, Northern Yoruba and Nupoid-Speaking Peoples to 1900 CE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of California at Los Angeles.