The chip people are found in Pankshin local government.[1] The traditional occupation of Chip people is farming. The people worship Na'an. Oral tradition states that they migrated from Kanem-Bornu to their present homeland with other tribes, Ngas, Mupun, Mwaghavul.[2] Most chip names are unisex so in order to differentiate a man from a woman the prefix Na is added to the woman's name and Da is added to the man's. For example a man and a woman both sharing Nandi, the man would be Danan and the woman Nanan.
Words, Sentences and Numbers In Chip
God - Na' an / Nan
Father - Nda
Child - La
Girl - Larep
Wash - Vang
Person - Gurum
Rain - Fuan/Fwan
Children - Jep
Gwom - Tuwon
Kapa - Rice
Kuzuk - Acha
Tok - soup
Chicken - Co
Dog - As
Goat - Irr
Lu - Meat. It is used to specifically refer to the meat gotten out of an animal, for example chicken would be Lu Co
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What is your name - Sim yi awe? (girl) Sim gih awe (boy) Good night - Nan yakal kih mun. Bye - sai dih darr.
One - Kihme Two - Vul Three - Kun Four- Ferre Five - pa'ad
Notes
1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.plateaustate.gov.ng/page/pankshin|title=Official Website of Plateau State|website=www.plateaustate.gov.ng|access-date=2016-12-26}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://english.fullerton.edu/publications/clnArchives/pdf/MishipPpl.pdf|title=The Miship: People, language, and dialects|last=Mohammed|first=Aminu Muazu|last2=Katwal|first2=Permark Isah|date=|website=|publisher=California Linguistic Notes|publication-date=2010|access-date=}}
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