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ALSO KNOWN AS		Zaksi, Zaksə
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West Chadic
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		zaz-zak
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Information from: “Les Zaars et leurs voisins” (639-657) . Bernard Caron (2005) , Henry Tourneux and Noé Woïn ·

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~500
Native speakers worldwide
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"Si les Polci et les Zoɗi sont relativement nombreux (environ 50 000) les autres locuteurs avoisinent les 500 pour les lectes encore vivaces (Boto, Zaranda, Dir, Baraza, Geji, Zakshi, Chari)..."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Tous les locuteurs de la région, excepté peut-être les femmes âgées de certains villages isolés, sont bilingues haoussa-langue maternelle."

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "le sud de l’état de Bauchi, au nord du Nigeria"

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,950
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"2,950 (1950 HDG)"

DATE OF INFO: 1950

PLACES: Toro and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, and Jos Local Government Area, Plateau State

Ethnic population
~20,000
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"This people’s population may be about 20,000."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "They also speak Hausa as a trade language.”

PLACES: Tafawa Balewa and Toro Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, Nigeria

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"The situation of SBW language varies from prosperous to dying and even dead: A few languages are sound (Zoɗi, Polci, Zakshi), even prosperous (Zaar). The basis of their economy is agriculture in the plains, where their speakers have access to primary and secondary education, in Hausa and English."

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

		2009	Documenting linguistic varieties of the South-Bauchi group					https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00647808/document	Bernard Caron	Bernard Caron. 2009. Documenting linguistic varieties of the South-Bauchi group. Presented in Towards polylectal grammars of African languages International Workshop. Hamburg, Germany, November 27-29.									"The situation of SBW language varies from prosperous to dying and even dead: A few languages are sound (Zoɗi, Polci, Zakshi), even prosperous (Zaar). The basis of their economy is agriculture in the plains, where their speakers have access to primary and secondary education, in Hausa and English."
December	3	2012	An Atlas of Nigerian Languages		111		Kay Williamson Educational Foundation	http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2012. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." The latest version of the Index of Nigerian Languages. 3rd. Edition. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf		2,950	1950	1000-9999	"2,950 (1950 HDG)"			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Toro and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, and Jos Local Government Area, Plateau State
		2005	Les Zaars et leurs voisins	XIIIe colloque international du Réseau Méga-Tchad	639-657	Henry Tourneux and Noé Woïn		https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/643986/filename/Caron2009_Les_Zaar_et_leurs_voisins.pdf	Bernard Caron	Caron, Bernard. 2005. Les Zaars et leurs voisins. in Henry Tourneux and Noé Woïn (eds). XIIIe colloque international du Réseau Méga-Tchad. Maroua, Cameroon, October 31 - November 3. Marseille: IRD Editions, pp.639-657 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/643986/filename/Caron2009_Les_Zaar_et_leurs_voisins.pdf		~500		100-999	"Si les Polci et les Zoɗi sont relativement nombreux (environ 50 000) les autres locuteurs avoisinent les 500 pour les lectes encore vivaces (Boto, Zaranda, Dir, Baraza, Geji, Zakshi, Chari)..."	Hausa	"Tous les locuteurs de la région, excepté peut-être les femmes âgées de certains villages isolés, sont bilingues haoussa-langue maternelle."	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"le sud de l’état de Bauchi, au nord du Nigeria"	Bauchi State, Nigeria
		2011	Tonal Inversion in Geji and Pelu					https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00647257v1/document	Bernard Caron	Caron, Bernard. 2011. Tonal Inversion in Geji and Pelu. Presentation at the Sixth Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, Villejuif, France, September 22-23											Bauchi State, Nigeria	9.733333, 9.233333
		1995	Unmask the giant (an ethnic survey of Bauchi State)						CAPRO Research Office	CAPRO Research Office. 1995. Unmask the giant (an ethnic survey of Bauchi State). Jos, Nigeria: CAPRO Research Office.	~20,000				"This people’s population may be about 20,000."	Hausa	"They also speak Hausa as a trade language.”				Tafawa Balewa and Toro Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Zakshi

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Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,950

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Zakshi

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Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~500

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2,950

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