Also Known As:
Dyarum, Dyàrìm Tə́, Dyarim Tə, Ndyarim Tə, Kaiwari, Kayaurinci
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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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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
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.
Bibliography of Locations:
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.
Bibliography of Context:
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.