Shingini
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State
EthnicityKambari
Native speakers
200,000 (2004)[1]
Dialects
  • Ibeto
  • Rofia
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tsw  Tsishingini (Salka)
asg  Cishingini
Glottologtsis1238  Tsishingini
cish1238  Cishingini
Shingini[2]
PersonSshingini, Məshingini
PeopleƏshingini
LanguageCishingini, Tsishingini

The Shingini language, is a Kainji language of Nigeria spoken by the Kambari people. Its two dialects are Tsishingini (Salka, Ashaganna) and Cishingini (Chishingini).

Cishingini

Cishingini, also known as Chishingini or Ashaganna, is spoken in Borgu and Agwara Local Governments of Niger State and in Ngaski LGA of Kebbi State.

References

  1. Tsishingini (Salka) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Cishingini at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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