Ethnologue

Tsishingini

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ashingini, Kambari, Kamberchi, Kamberri, Salka

Population

100,000 (2004 SIL).

Location

Niger state: Rijau, Mashegu, Kontagora, Magama, and Mariga LGAs, Salka area; Kebbi state: Ngaski LGA, east of Kainji lake.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Ibeto.

Language Use

All ages. Also use English [eng], Hausa [hau].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20% in Hausa [hau]. Grammar. NT: 2011.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 2004.

Other Comments

Primarily rural. Christian, Muslim.