Kim | |
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Native to | Chad |
Native speakers
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(15,000 cited 1993 census) |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | kimm1246 |
Kim of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It 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.