Native to Chad ISO 639-3 kia | Native speakers 15,000 (1993 census) Glottolog kimm1246 | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Mbum–Day
Kim languages
Kim Dialects Garap
Gerep
Kolop
Kosop | ||
Kim of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It was once mistakenly classified as Chadic, and called Masa, 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.
References
Kim language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA