Kimba language
{{Short description|Kainji language group of Nigeria}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Kimba
|nativename=Tsikimba
|states=Nigeria
|region=Niger State
|ethnicity=Kambari
|speakers=100,000
|date=2004
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Benue–Congo
|fam3=Kainji
|fam4=Kambari
|iso3=kdl
|glotto=tsik1238
|glottorefname=Tsikimba
|dia1=Kimba (Tsikimba)
|dia2=Gaushi (Agaushi)
|dia3=Wenci (Ngwunci)
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym||Akimba|Tsɨkimba|5=Kimba}}
{{Infobox ethnonym||Agaushi|Tsɨgaushi|5=Gaushi}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|Mawunci|Ŋwənci|Tsuwənci|5=Wənci}}
The Kimba languages (Tsikimba; or the Kambari II languages) are a group of Kainji languages of Nigeria spoken by the Kambari people. The languages are Kimba (Tsikimba), Gaushi (Agaushi), and Wenci (Ngwunci).
Languages
There are three languages: Kimba (Tsikimba), Gaushi (Agaushi), and Wənci (Ngwunci). Roger Blench considers Gaushi (Agaushi, Ashe) and Wenci (Ngwunci) to be distinct languages.Roger Blench, 2010. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/Kambari/KmbOP.htm The Kambari languages]
The Kimba language (Tsikimba) has three dialects: Auna, Yumu and Wara.
The Ngwunci language has two dialects: Agwara (tsu-saweni) and Rofia (tsu-ɓʷəshi).{{Cite web|last=Blench|first=Roger|url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/General/Kainji%20language%20overview.pdf|title=The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2012|location=Cambridge}}
The Kimba language (Tsikimba) is spoken in Niger State (Magama, Mashigu, and Mariga LGA's, Auna and Wara Areas, East of Lake Kainji on the Niger River) and Kebbi State (Ngaski LGA, Southwest of Lake Kainji).
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