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Cishingini

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3: asg

Population	100,000 (2004 SIL).
Region	Niger state, Borgu and Agwara LGAs, west of Niger River and north of Kainji Lake National Park; Kebbi state, east of Niger River from Yelwa area south to Ngaski and Nasko.
Language map	Nigeria, Map 1, reference number 9
Alternate names	Agwara Kambari, Aschingini, Ashaganna, Ashingini, Chisingini, Kambari, Kamberchi, Kamberri, “Maunchi” , “Mawanchi” , Yauri
Dialects	Rofia. A member of the Kambari subgroup, which includes Tsishingini [tsw] and Tsikimba [kdl].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji, Western, Kambari
Language use	Also use Hausa [hau], English, or other Kambari languages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Bible portions: 1994.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Speakers are called ‘Ashingini’. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AYENAJEH, Samuel; HANSLEY, Marcus; MUNIRU, John; RUECK, Mike, researchers. 2012. Kambari Survey entry 11 - Wordlist Transcription: Kambari of Niger and Kebbi states, Nigeria.  

AYENAJEH, Samuel; HANSLEY, Marcus; MUNIRU, John; RUECK, Mike, researchers. 2012. Kambari survey entry 2 - Scanned Wordlist Files: Kambari of Niger and Kebbi states, Nigeria.  

CROZIER, David H., author. 1984. A study in the discourse grammar of Cishingini.

STARK, Janie P., author. 2000. Simultaneous consideration of co-languages: implications for orthography design.

STARK, Janie P., author. 2010. Kambari orthography design.  

STARK, John E., author. 2000. The role of oral literature in the dissemination of neologisms.  

STARK, John E., author. 2011. The Role of Oral Literature in the Dissemination of Neologisms.