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ALSO KNOWN AS		Posə, Posa, Posi, Palci, Pəlci, Palchi, Polchi, Polshi, Posanchi
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West Chadic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		plj
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Information from: “Les Zaars et leurs voisins” (639-657) . Bernard Caron (2005) , Henry Tourneux and Noé Woïn ·

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Les Polci et les Zoɗi sont relativement nombreux (environ 50 000)..."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Tous les locuteurs de la région, excepté peut-être les femmes âgées de certains villages isolés, sont bilingues haoussa-langue maternelle."

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "le sud de l’état de Bauchi, au nord du Nigeria"

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
15,000 Polci; 22,000 Polci cluster (CAPRO 1995).

DATE OF INFO: 1995

PLACES: Nigeria

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"2,950 (LA 1971); 70,000 (Caron 2005)"

DATE OF INFO: 2005

PLACES: Bauchi and Toro Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Reported to be giving way to Hausa."

PLACES: Dass, Toro, and Bauchi Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~15,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "They speak Posanchi and Hausa as the trade language. A few who live near the Fulani also speak Fulfulde.”

PLACES: Dass, Toro, and Bauchi Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: “The Polci tribe of about 15,000 is found mostly in Dass and Toro LGAs of Bauchi State. Some also live in Bauchi LGA. Their main towns and villages include Dass, Bazali, Nabordo, Jama’a, Rimin-Zem, Jimeri and Riyan."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<2,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"just surviving with less than 2000 speakers"

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"A few languages are sound (Zoɗi, Polci, Zakshi), even prosperous (Zaar). The basis of their economy is agriculture in the plains, where their speakers have access to primary and secondary education, in Hausa and English."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hausa

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "the south of Bauchi State, Nigeria"

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "the south of Bauchi State (Nigeria)"

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

December	3	2012	An Atlas of Nigerian Languages		111				Kay Williamson Educational Foundation	http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2012. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." The latest version of the Index of Nigerian Languages. 3rd. Edition. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf		70,000	2005	10000-99999	"2,950 (LA 1971); 70,000 (Caron 2005)"			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Bauchi and Toro Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, Nigeria
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	15,000	1995	10000-99999	15,000 Polci; 22,000 Polci cluster (CAPRO 1995).			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Nigeria
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	22,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				9.9742,9.3328
		2005	Les Zaars et leurs voisins	XIIIe colloque international du Réseau Méga-Tchad	639-657	Henry Tourneux and Noé Woïn				https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/643986/filename/Caron2009_Les_Zaar_et_leurs_voisins.pdf	Bernard Caron	Caron, Bernard. 2005. Les Zaars et leurs voisins. in Henry Tourneux and Noé Woïn (eds). XIIIe colloque international du Réseau Méga-Tchad. Maroua, Cameroon, October 31 - November 3. Marseille: IRD Editions, pp.639-657 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/643986/filename/Caron2009_Les_Zaar_et_leurs_voisins.pdf		50,000		10000-99999	"Les Polci et les Zoɗi sont relativement nombreux (environ 50 000)..."	Hausa	"Tous les locuteurs de la région, excepté peut-être les femmes âgées de certains villages isolés, sont bilingues haoussa-langue maternelle."	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"le sud de l’état de Bauchi, au nord du Nigeria"	Bauchi State, Nigeria
		2011	Tonal Inversion in Geji and Pelu							https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00647257v1/document	Bernard Caron	Caron, Bernard. 2011. Tonal Inversion in Geji and Pelu. Presentation at the Sixth Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, Villejuif, France, September 22-23											Bauchi State, Nigeria	10.133333, 9.6
		2009	Documenting linguistic varieties of the South-Bauchi group							https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00647808/document	Bernard Caron	Bernard Caron. 2009. Documenting linguistic varieties of the South-Bauchi group. Presented in Towards polylectal grammars of African languages International Workshop. Hamburg, Germany, November 27-29.		<2,000		1000-9999	"just surviving with less than 2000 speakers"	Hausa		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"A few languages are sound (Zoɗi, Polci, Zakshi), even prosperous (Zaar). The basis of their economy is agriculture in the plains, where their speakers have access to primary and secondary education, in Hausa and English."	"the south of Bauchi State, Nigeria"	Bauchi State, Nigeria
		2003	International Encyclopedia of Linguistics			Frawley, William	Oxford University Press					Frawley, William. 2003. International encyclopedia of linguistics. 4-volume set. New York: Oxford University Press.		22,000		10000-99999		Hausa	"Reported to be giving way to Hausa."	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Dass, Toro, and Bauchi Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, Nigeria
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		22,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		2011	Number in South-Bauchi West Languages (Chadic, Nigeria)								Bernard Caron	Caron, Bernard. 2011. Number in South-Bauchi West Languages (Chadic, Nigeria). Paper presented at the conference "Number in Africa and Beyond: Grammar, Semantics and Social Deixis", Institute for African Studies, University of Cologne. Conference End Date: Sep 30, 2011. Conference Start Date: Sep 27, 2011										"the south of Bauchi State (Nigeria)"	Bauchi State, Nigeria
		1995	Unmask the giant (an ethnic survey of Bauchi State)								CAPRO Research Office	CAPRO Research Office. 1995. Unmask the giant (an ethnic survey of Bauchi State). Jos, Nigeria: CAPRO Research Office.		~15,000		10000-99999		Polci, Hausa, Fulfulde	"They speak Posanchi and Hausa as the trade language. A few who live near the Fulani also speak Fulfulde.”	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		“The Polci tribe of about 15,000 is found mostly in Dass and Toro LGAs of Bauchi State. Some also live in Bauchi LGA. Their main towns and villages include Dass, Bazali, Nabordo, Jama’a, Rimin-Zem, Jimeri and Riyan."	Dass, Toro, and Bauchi Local Government Areas, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Polci

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~15,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<2,000

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Polci

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Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~15,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<2,000

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