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Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
Giiwo | |
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Bu Giiwo | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (14,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kks |
Glottolog | giiw1236 |
Giiwo[2] | |
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Person | Ba Giiwo |
People | Ma Giiwo |
Language | Bu Giiwo |
Giiwo (also known as Bu Giiwo, Kirfi, Kirifi, Kirifawa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Giiwo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Official languages | |
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National languages | |
Recognised languages | |
Indigenous languages | |
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Immigrant languages | |
Scripts |
Hausa– Gwandara (A.1) | |||||||
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Bole– Tangale (A.2) |
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Angas (A.3) | |||||||
Ron (A.4) | |||||||
Bade (B.1) | |||||||
North Bauchi (Warji) (B.2) | |||||||
South Bauchi (Barawa) (B.3) |
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Others | |||||||
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |
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