Polci

PLJ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Palchi, Palci, Polchi

Dialects: Baram (Barang, Mbaram), Buli, Dir (Baram Dutse, Diir, Dra), Langas (Lundur, Nyamzax), Polci (Palci, Polshi, Posa), Zul (Barma, Mbarmi). Dialect cluster within Barawa language cluster (Crozier and Blench 1992).

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
West
B
B.3
Zaar Proper

Demographics: 22,000 (1995 CAPRO). 2,000 Zul (1995), 4,000 Buli (1993), 400 Langas (1993), 15,000 Polci, 250 Baram (1993), 800 Dir (1993).

Language Use: Shifting to Hausa [hau].

Language Development: Grammar.

Nation of Origin: Nigeria