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Dikaka language

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Native to
  
eastern Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
cfa

Native speakers
  
25,000 (1998)

Glottolog
  
diji1241

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Waja–Kam Waja Cham–Mona Dikaka

Dialects
  
Dijim (Cham, Cam) Bwilim (Mwana, Mona)

Dikaka is one of the Savanna languages of eastern Nigeria. It's also known as Dijim-Bwilim, after its two dialects, Dijim and Bwilim. A tonal language, it has a whistled register.

References

Dikaka language Wikipedia