Language resources

The following resources are available through this website:

• Cicipu lexicon/dictionary
• The recent orthography proposal (also available in Hausa). At an orthography workshop held in April 2010 this proposal was validated by approximately 170 members of the Cicipu community.
• a transitional primer for Hausa readers
• translated stories and other texts
• published folktales written in Cicipu
• a small number of videos, some with subtitles (under development)
• Windows keyboards to help with typing Cicipu

The following Cicipu cassettes are available (email for further information):

• Songs recorded at the Roo'o festival of the dead
• Songs sung by Gajere Kuyama, Ige Gajere, Rahi Umar and Tani Kuyama, all speakers of the Tirisino dialect
• Songs sung by members Inguwar Ali church, speakers of the Tirisino dialect
• A collection of folktales in the Tirisino and Tidipo dialects
• An interview on local history with Yabani Galadima, a speaker of the Tirisino dialect
• An interview on local history with Garkuwa Bawa and Moolu I'danbanya, both speakers of the Tikula dialect

Finally, a small number of Saber MP3 players containing ten hours of spoken word and songs are currently being trialled in the field.