Schuh R.G. (ed.) Ngizim-English-Hausa dictionary

2nd ed. — Potiskum: Ajami Press; Yobe Languages Research Project, 2009. — XIV, 159 p.Authors: Ahmed M. Bedu, Joseph Y. Yakubu, Mohammed A. Adamu, Usman B. Garba.This is the largest dictionary so far published of the Ngizim language, spoken in Yobe State, Nigeria. The only previous dictionary is A Dictionary of Ngizim by Russell G. Schuh (University of California Press, 1981). The current dictionary used the Dictionary of Ngizim as its starting point, but there are at least twice as many entries in the current dictionary as in the earlier work.
The compilers view this as the First edition of the dictionary. The relatively small group of people who have assembled the information in this dictionary could not hope to do justice to the richness of Ngizim.Ngizim (also known as Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin) is a Chadic language spoken by the Ngizim people in Yobe State, Nigeria. It is one of seven languages of the Chadic family indigenous to Yobe State, the others being Bade, Bole, Duwai, Karekare, Maka, and Ngamo. Ngizim is a member of the West Branch of Chadic and is hence related to Hausa, the dominant language throughout northern Nigeria. Ngizim's closest linguistic relatives are, however, Bade, spoken north of Potiskum in Bade (Bedde) Emirate, whose capital is Gashua, and Duwai, spoken east and south of Gashua.