Kim language

Kim
Kim
Native to	Chad
Ethnicity	Kim
Native speakers	(15,000 cited 1993 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mbum–Day Kim languages Kim; ; ; ;
Dialects	Garap; Gerep; Kolop; Kosop;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kia
Glottolog	kimm1246

The Kim language of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Besme and Goundo.

The language 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.^[2]

References

^ Kim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)

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[e18-1] Kim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)

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