Cischingini
| Cischingini | ||
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Spoken in |
Nigeria | |
| speaker | 100,000 (2004) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
asg |
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The language Cischingini (also called ashaganna , ashingini , aschingini , chisingini , maunchi , mawanchi , kambari , kamberri , kamberchi , yauri or agwara kambari ; ISO code asg) is one of the platoid languages of Nigeria .
It is one of the six languages of the Kambar subgroup, a larger group of the Kainji languages , and is spoken by 100,000 people in the states of Niger and Kebbi on both banks of the Niger River .
The name of the people who speak this language is Ashingini. The main dialect of the language is the rofia. Many Cishingini speakers are now starting to speak the national official language, English, although some can also communicate Haussa .