The Kim language of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Besme and Goundo.

Kim
Native toChad
EthnicityKim
Native speakers
(15,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Garap
  • Gerep
  • Kolop
  • Kosop
Language codes
ISO 639-3kia
Glottologkimm1246
ELPKim

The language was once mistakenly classified as Chadic, and called Masa, a Chadic name.

There is strong dialectical divergence; Blench considers Garap (Éré), Gerep (Djouman, Jumam), Kolop (Kilop, Kolobo), and Kosop (Kwasap, Kim) to be distinct languages.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)