Tsishingini

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A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3
tsw
Alternate Names
Ashingini, Cishingini, Kambari, Kamberchi, Kamberri, Salka
Autonym
Tsishingini
User Population

100,000 (2004 SIL).

Location

Kebbi state: Ngaski LGA, east of Kainji lake; Niger state: Kontagora, Magama, Mariga, Mashegu, and Rijau LGAs, Salka area.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji, Western, Kambari
Dialects

Ibeto.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hausa [hau].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20% in Hausa [hau]. Grammar. NT: 2011.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tsishingini
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 2004.

Other Comments

Primarily rural. Christian, Muslim.