Tiv
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Categories: Languages, Nigeria, SW Cameroon
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- 1. Classification / Classification
- 2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
- 3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
- 4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
- 5. Usage / Utilisation
- 6. Orthography / Orthographe
- 7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
- 8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
- 9. Comments / Remarques
- 10. References / Références
1. Classification / Classification
Tiv is a member of the Bantoid subgroup of Benue-Congo. (Webbook?)
Ethnologue? lists the classification as: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Tivoid
2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
It is spoken in the eastern part of Nigeria, particularly in Benue State. (Webbook)
3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
According to Ethnologue:
- 2,212,000 in Nigeria (1991 UBS)
- Few speakers in Cameroon
4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
No thorough dialect survey has been carried out to our knowledge. Tiv is generally considered to represent one language with minor dialectal differences. (Webbook)
5. Usage / Utilisation
Tiv is a prominent local language. It is also used in initial primary education (Grimes 1996). (Webbook)
Used as a language of wider communication. ... Taught in primary schools (Ethnologue)
6. Orthography / Orthographe
6.1 Status / Statut
Tiv orthography is being revised and reviewed by a government commission. Presently, tone markings exist in Tiv only where words would be ambiguous. (Webbook) [needs update!]
It is Latin-based and apparently includes diacritic characters. [verify]]
6.2 Sample Alphabet / Alphabet exemple
A sample text is shown on the "Language Museum" site: http://www.language-museum.com/t/tiv.htm (this is a section of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - verify! if this is correct orthography)
Some text (Book of Genesis) is provided on the Rosetta Project site: http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/tiv/view?searchterm=Tiv
7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
7.1 Fonts / Polices
Unicode fonts with extended Latin ranges are probably necessary.
7.2 Keyboard layouts / Dispositions de clavier
7.3 Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/tiv.htm
7.4 Localized software / Logiciels localisés
No localisation efforts known of.
7.5 Language codes / Codes de langue
- ISO 639-1: -
- ISO 639-2: tiv
- ISO 639-3: tiv
7.6 Other / Autre
8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
8.1 Individuals (experts) / Individuelles (experts)
8.2 Institutions / Institutions
8.3 On the internet / Sur la toile
Tiv Internet Project http://www.tivnation.com/
9. Comments / Remarques
10. References / Références
Dwyer, David (1997), Webbook of African Languages, http://africa.isp.msu.edu/afrlang/hiermenu.htm (page on "Tiv," http://africa.isp.msu.edu/afrlang/Tiv_root.html )
SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Tiv," http://www.ethnologue.com/language/tiv
SIL International, "ISO 639 Code Tables," http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp
U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages: Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by the English name of language," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
Wikipedia, "Tiv language," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiv_language
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