MJS ISO 639-3
Miship
A language of Nigeria
- ISO 639
- mjs
- Alternate Names
- Chip, Cip, Ship
- Population
- 6,000 (1976 SIL).
- Location:
- Plateau state: Mangu, Pankshin, and Shendam LGAs.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, A, A.3, Angas Proper, 1
- Dialects
- Doka, Longmaar, Jibaam. Lexical similarity: 66%–76% with Jakattoe [jrt], 47%–62% with Goemai [ank].
- Language Use
- Used as L2 by Belning [glb], Jakattoe [jrt].
- Language Development
- Grammar.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Plateau state: Mangu, Pankshin, and Shendam LGAs.
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