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For the language of Sierra Leone, see Kim language (Sierra Leone).

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

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


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