Tso language

Tsó
Tsó
People	tsó-bó
Language	nyi tsó

Tso
Tso
nyi tsó
Native to	eastern Nigeria
Native speakers	(16,000 cited 1992)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Waja–Kam Waja Cham–Mona Tso; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ldp
Glottolog	tsoo1241

Tso (Tsóbó, Lotsu, Cibbo) is one of the Savanna languages of eastern Nigeria.

Dialects

The language is known as nyi tsó, while the people are known as Tsobo . The ethnic subgroups are,^[2]

Bərbou
Swaabou
Gusobu

A subsection of the Gusobu may also live in Luzoo settlement.

Each ethnic subgroup speaks a different Tso dialect. The Swaabou and Gusobu reportedly have trouble understanding each other. Tso lexical diversity is partly due to the tradition of word tabooing.^[2]

References

^ Tso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.

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[e18-1] Tso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Kleinewillinghöfer-2] Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.

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Tso
nyi tsó
Native to	eastern Nigeria
Native speakers	(16,000 cited 1992)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Waja–Kam Waja Cham–Mona Tso
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ldp`
Glottolog	`tsoo1241`