Dikaka language

Dikaka
Dikaka
Cham
Dijim-Bwilim
Native to	Gombe State of Nigeria
Ethnicity	Dijim people
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Waja–Kam Waja Cham–Mona Dikaka; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Dikaka Dijim ;
Dialects	Dijim (Cham, Cam); Bwilim (Mwana, Mona);
Writing system	Latin (Dijim alphabets)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cfa
Glottolog	diji1241

Dikaka or Cham is one of the Savanna languages of Middle Belt, Nigeria. It is also known as Dijim–Bwilim, after its two dialects, Dijim and Bwilim. A tonal language, it has a whistled register. It is spoken in Gombe and southwestern parts of Adamawa State of Nigeria.

Dialects

The two dialects are Dijim and Bwilim.

Another related dialect is spoken by former speakers of the Jalaa language in and around Loojaa settlement.

It consists of 8 vowels and 17 consonants.

The vowels are: a, e, i, o, u, ǝ, ɨ, ʊ

The consonants are: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, w, y

Dikaka
Cham
Dijim-Bwilim
Native to	Gombe State of Nigeria
Ethnicity	Dijim people
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Waja–Kam Waja Cham–Mona Dikaka
Early forms	Dikaka Dijim
Dialects	Dijim (Cham, Cam) Bwilim (Mwana, Mona)
Writing system	Latin (Dijim alphabets)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cfa`
Glottolog	`diji1241`