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Shingini language

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Shingini
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State
EthnicityKambari
Native speakers
200,000 (2004)[1]
Dialects
  • Ibeto
  • Rofia
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tsw – Tsishingini (Salka)
asg – Cishingini
Glottologtsis1238  Tsishingini
cish1238  Cishingini
Shingini[2]
PersonSshingini, Məshingini
PeopleƏshingini
LanguageCishingini, Tsishingini

The Shingini language, is a Kainji language of Nigeria spoken by the Kambari people. Its two dialects are Tsishingini (Salka, Ashaganna) and Cishingini (Chishingini).

Cishingini

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Cishingini, also known as Chishingini or Ashaganna, is spoken in Borgu and Agwara Local Governments of Niger State and in Ngaski LGA of Kebbi State.

References

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  1. ^ Tsishingini (Salka) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Cishingini at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.