Kim of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15000 people. It was once mistakenly classified as Chadic and called Masa a Chadic name. There is strong dialectical divergence; Blench considers Garap (Éré) Gerep (Djouman Jumam) Kolop (Kilop Kolobo) and Kosop (Kwasap Kim) to be distinct languages.
ISO 639-3 code
kia
family
Atlantic–Congo languages, Mbum–Day languages, Kim languages
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