Sur
Tapshin; Tapshinawa; Suru; Myet; Nsur; Dishili;
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Plateau
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1998
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Tapshin village in Plateau State, Nigeria
9.329154, 9.474335
"Tapshin is some 25 km. north of the Pankshin-Amper road and reached by a track leading off the main road some 5 km. east of Pankshin. The road can only be traversed by a four-wheel drive and may well be cut off completely in the rainy season."
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"Tapshin is some 25 km. north of the Pankshin-Amper road and reached by a track leading off the main road some 5 km. east of Pankshin. The road can only be traversed by a four-wheel drive and may well be cut off completely in the rainy season."
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"All adults appear to be fluent in Ngas and Hausa and Tapshin is an enclave within the Ngas, a numerous population speaking a Chadic language, by whom they are culturally dominated."
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"The number of speakers cannot be more than 3-4000, depending on the status of Met. The figure of 18,000 given in CAPRO (1995) would appear to be a serious over-estimate."
2006
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Nigeria
9.494627, 9.448054
"Spoken in Tapshin village in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Tapshin is some 25 km. north of the Pankshin-Amper road and reached by a track leading off the main road some 5 km. east of Pankshin."
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"Spoken in Tapshin village in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Tapshin is some 25 km. north of the Pankshin-Amper road and reached by a track leading off the main road some 5 km. east of Pankshin."
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Recent Fieldwork in Nigeria: Report on Horom and TapshinBlench, R. (1998). Recent Fieldwork in Nigeria: Report on Horom and Tapshin. Ogmios Newsletter, 10-11.http://www.ogmios.org/ogmios/Ogmios_009.pdf
- The Sur (Tapshin) language of central Nigeria and its affinitiesRoger M. Blench. 2006. "The Sur (Tapshin) Language of Central Nigeria and Its Affinities." Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Tarokoid/Tapshin%%20Wordlist.pdf.http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Tarokoid/Tapshin%%20Wordlist.pdf
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