| Dikaka | |
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| Cham | |
| Dijim-Bwilim | |
| Native to | Gombe StateofNigeria |
| Ethnicity | Dijim people |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Early forms | Dikaka
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| ISO 639-3 | cfa |
| Glottolog | diji1241 |
DikakaorCham, is one of the Savanna languagesofMiddle 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.
The two dialects are Dijim and Bwilim.[2]
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.
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