Jiba language

Jiba
Jiba
Kona
Jukun Wurkum
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Northeastern Taraba State and western Adamawa State
Ethnicity	Bajibaro
Native speakers	(2,000 cited 1977)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid Central Kororofa Jiba; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	juo
Glottolog	jiba1237
ELP	Jiba

Last updated December 17, 2025

Jiba (also Kona, Jukun Wurkum) is a critically endangered Jukunoid language ^[2] of Nigeria.

References

↑ Jiba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Jiba". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e25-1] Jiba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Jiba". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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