Tsishingini | Ethnologue

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639: tsw
Alternate Names: Ashingini, Cishingini, Kambari, Kamberchi, Kamberri, Salka
Autonym: Tsishingini
Population: 100,000 (2004 SIL).
Location:: Kebbi state: Ngaski LGA, east of Kainji lake; Niger state: Kontagora, Magama, Mariga, Mashegu, and Rijau LGAs, Salka area.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji, Western, Kambari
Dialects: Ibeto.
Language Use: Used by all. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hausa [hau].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20% in Hausa [hau]. Grammar. NT: 2011.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Tsishingini
Writing: Latin script [Latn], used since 2004.
Other Comments: Primarily rural. Christian, Muslim.

Location: Kebbi state: Ngaski LGA, east of Kainji lake; Niger state: Kontagora, Magama, Mariga, Mashegu, and Rijau LGAs, Salka area.