Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria
Jilbe (also known as Zoulbou) is a critically endangered, probably extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in a single village in Borno State, Nigeria. It is also called Zoulbou.[1]
It is spoken in Jilbe town, across the Cameroon border from Dabanga town.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Jilbe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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| National languages | |
| Recognised languages | |
| Indigenous languages | |
| Sign languages | |
| Immigrant languages | |
| Scripts | |
| Tera (A.1) | |||||||||||||
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| Bura–Higi |
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| Wandala (Mandara) (A.4) |
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| Mafa (A.5) |
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| Daba (A.7) |
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| Bata (Gbwata) (A.8) | |||||||||||||
| Mandage (Kotoko) (B.1) |
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| East– Central |
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| Others | |||||||||||||
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages | |||||||||||||