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Rukuba People
1.0 Introduction

This is a preliminary draft of a dictionary of the Ce language, spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria

2.0 Location, history and sociolinguistic situation

2.1 Nomenclature

The common name for the Ce language is Rukuba, a Hausa term said to mean ‘people of the rocks’ Temple (1922: ). In more recent times it has become known as Che, based on the people’s own name. The terms in Ce itself are given below

People       baCέ One person   uCέ Language     kuCέ Territory    kiCέ The ‘ch’ orthography is here omitted as unnecessary and based on an inappropriate English spelling convention.

2.2 Location and settlements

The Ce live in seventeen villages in Bassa LGA, Plateau State, northwest of Jos, in Central Nigeria. The villages are;

Kakέk (Zagun), Kisayhip, Kisaloi, Igbak, Kakek Unit, Imbop (Binchi), Kishika (Kikala), Kisanchi, Kishi, Uyo, Inchaz, Upara, Ibandi, Kata Kayinye, Ingo, Ubomo, Asak, Kihang

names in brackets are alternative administrative names.

The Ce area is about 4-500 km² and the river Rukuba runs across it diagonally from NW to SE. The main peoples neighbouring on the Ce are the Piti (W), Cara (N), Izere & Berom (E) and the Irigwe (S).