Ajava (also ajanchi , aja ; English ajawa, ajanci, aja ) is the extinct Chadian language of the Northern Bauchi group (varji, pa'a-varji) of the West Chadian language branch . Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was distributed in central Nigeria (in the village of Quorko in the territory of the modern state of Bauchi ) [1] [2] [3] . The language is not written [4] .
| Ajava | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Regions | Bauchi State (Kvorko village) |
| Extinct | first half of the 20th century [1] |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Afrasian macro family
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| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | ajw |
| Ethnologue | |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | |
General information
The Ajava language is included in the Northern Bauchi (Varji) (or B.2) group of sub-branches of the Bauchi-Bade of the Western Chadian language branch along with the tsagu (Chivogai) , Diri , Karia , Mburku (Mburuku, Barka) , Miya , Pa'a (Afava) languages , Siri , Wargi and Zumbun (Jimbin) [5] . Within the group, the northern Bauchi have the closest language to the Ajava language [4] .
The 1922 edition of Notes on the tribes, provinces, emirates and states of the northern provinces of Nigeria compiled from official reports by O. Temple (edited by ) mentions the Ajava ethnic community of about 500 people, partially retaining their native language [6] . Between the 1920s and 1940s, according to Ethnologue, there were practically no native speakers of Ajava. Representatives of the Ajava tribe completely switched to the Hausa language [4] .
Information on the Ajava ethnic community and their language is given in the work of H. D. Hunn, 1956 Pagan peoples of the central area of northern Nigeria , in the work of R. Vente-Lucas 1985 Handbook of ethnic groups in Nigeria , in a study by G. Sommer 1992 years A Survey on language death in Africa and in the works of A. Haruna The endangered languages issue in Northern Nigeria: a Chadic perspective (2005) and On the moribund languages of Nigeria: The need for documentation (2008). The first to classify Ajava as the language of the Northern Bauchi group was A.N. Skinner ( A note on the North Bauchi language group , 1974) [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Blench R. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. 3rd Edition ( pdf) P. 3. Cambridge: Roger Blench Website. Publications (2012). Archived on November 28, 2016. (Retrieved May 1, 2017)
- ↑ Lewis MP, Simons GF, Fennig CD: Afro-Asiatic. Chadic. West. BB2 Ethnologue: Languages of the World (19th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2016). (Retrieved May 1, 2017)
- ↑ 1 2 Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M. , Bank S .: Language: Ajawa . . Jena: (2016). (Retrieved May 1, 2017)
- ↑ 1 2 3 Lewis MP, Simons GF, Fennig CD: Ajawa. A language of Nigeria . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (19th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2016). (Retrieved May 1, 2017)
- ↑ Lewis MP, Simons GF, Fennig CD: Afro-Asiatic. Chadic. West Ethnologue: Languages of the World (19th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2016). Archived November 27, 2016. (Retrieved May 1, 2017)
- ↑ Temple O. Notes on the tribes, provinces, emirates and states of the northern provinces of Nigeria / edited by . - Cape Town: Argus, 1919. - ISBN 5-7695-1445-0 . (Retrieved May 1, 2017)
Links
- Ajawa (English) (html). MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships (2009). (Retrieved May 1, 2017)
- OLAC resources in and about the Ajawa language . Language-archives.org. (Retrieved May 1, 2017)