Jimi language (Cameroon)

Not to be confused with Jimi language (Nigeria).
Jimi
Jimjimən
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
10,000 (2019)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jim
Glottologjimi1254
ELPJimi (Cameroon)

Jimi (Djimi), also known as Jimjimən and 'Um Falin, is a Chadic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province on the Nigerian border in and around Bourrha. Dialects are Djimi, Jimo, Malabu, Wadi, and Zumo.

The Gude use the term Fali to refer to the Jimi, which means 'slave' in several languages of the area. It is also used to refer to other ethnic groups, such as the Fali of Mubi, Fali of Mucella, and Fali of Jilvu.[2]

Jimjimén is spoken in Bourrha, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Jimi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.