Miship language

Miship, or Chip, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Doka is a dialect.[1] Blench lists the two dialects Longmaar and Jiɓaam.[2]

Miship
Chip
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1976)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mjs
Glottologmish1244

The Chip people are found in Pankshin LGA.[3]

People

The traditional occupation of Chip people is farming. The people worship Na'an (God). Oral tradition states that they migrated from Kanem-Bornu to their present homeland with other tribes, Ngas, Mupun, and Mwaghavul.[4]

Most Chip names are unisex, so in order to differentiate a man from a woman, the prefix Na is added to the woman's name and Da is added to the man's. For example, for a man and a woman both sharing Nandi, the man would be Danan, and the woman Nanan.

Words

  • God - Na'an / Nan
  • Father - Nda
  • Child - La
  • Girl - Larep
  • Wash - Vang
  • Person - Gurum
  • Rain - Fuan/Fwan
  • Children - Jep
  • Food - Sehh/ Gwom/Mun
  • Rice - Kapa
  • Acha - Kuzuk
  • Soup - Tok
  • Chicken - Co
  • Dog - As
  • Goat - Irr
  • Meat - Lu

Lu ('meat') is used to specifically refer to meat from animals. For example, 'chicken' would be Lu Co.

Phrases

  • What is your name - Sim yi awe? (girl); Sim gih awe? (boy)
  • Good night - Nan yakal kih mun
  • Bye - Sai dih darr
  • Good morning - Tehra

Numbers

  • One - Kihme
  • Two - Vul
  • Three - Kun
  • Four - Ferre
  • Five - Pa'ad

Notes

  1. Miship at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.
  3. "Official Website of Plateau State". www.plateaustate.gov.ng. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  4. Mohammed, Aminu Muazu; Katwal, Permark Isah (2010). "The Miship: People, language, and dialects" (PDF). California Linguistic Notes.
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