Miship language
| Miship | |
|---|---|
| Chip | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | (6,000 cited 1976)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mjs |
| Glottolog | mish1244 |
Miship, or Chip, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Doka is a dialect.[1] Blench lists the two dialects Longmaar and Jiɓaam.[2]
The Chip people are found in Pankshin LGA.[3]
People
The traditional occupation of Chip people is farming. The people worship Na'an (God). Oral tradition states that they migrated from Kanem-Bornu to their present homeland with other tribes, Ngas, Mupun, and Mwaghavul.[4]
Most Chip names are unisex, so in order to differentiate a man from a woman, the prefix Na is added to the woman's name and Da is added to the man's. For example, for a man and a woman both sharing Nandi, the man would be Danan, and the woman Nanan.
Words
- God - Na'an / Nan
- Father - Nda
- Child - La
- Girl - Larep
- Wash - Vang
- Person - Gurum
- Rain - Fuan/Fwan
- Children - Jep
- Food - Sehh/ Gwom/Mun
- Rice - Kapa
- Acha - Kuzuk
- Soup - Tok
- Chicken - Co
- Dog - As
- Goat - Irr
- Meat - Lu
Lu ('meat') is used to specifically refer to meat from animals. For example, 'chicken' would be Lu Co.
Phrases
- What is your name - Sim yi awe? (girl); Sim gih awe? (boy)
- Good night - Nan yakal kih mun
- Bye - Sai dih darr
- Good morning - Tehra
Numbers
- One - Kihme
- Two - Vul
- Three - Kun
- Four - Ferre
- Five - Pa'ad
Notes
- ^ a b Miship at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.
- ^ "Official Website of Plateau State". www.plateaustate.gov.ng. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
- ^ Mohammed, Aminu Muazu; Katwal, Permark Isah (2010). "The Miship: People, language, and dialects" (PDF). California Linguistic Notes.
