Kapsiki (Noun)
Meaning
A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Kapsiki language is a member of the Biu-Mandara branch of the Chadic language family.
- Kapsiki is spoken by approximately 60,000 people in northern Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria.
- Researchers have identified several dialects of the Kapsiki language, including those spoken in the towns of Rhumsiki and Mogode.
- Kapsiki has a complex system of tonal markings, which distinguish between different words and grammatical functions.
- Despite its linguistic and cultural significance, Kapsiki is considered an endangered language due to the increasing influence of more widely spoken languages in the region.