Also Known As:
Dyarum, Dyàrìm Tə́, Dyarim Tə, Ndyarim Tə, Kaiwari, Kayaurinci
Dialects & Varieties
The Dyarim language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
Blench, Roger. 2007. The Dyarim language of Central Nigeria and its affinities. In Tourneux, Henry (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics III: Historical Studies: Papers from the 3rd Biennial International Colloquium on Chadic Languages, Villejuif, November 24-25, 2005, 41-59. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
~2,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
“Locally, Dyarim is considered to be a language that has ‘nearly gone’. Hausaisation is proceeding apace and some households now do not speak the language at all."
Location and Context
Countries
Toro Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria
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Government Support
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Hausa
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
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