Kubi language

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Kubi
Native to Nigeria
Region Bauchi State
Ethnicity1,500 (1995) [1]
Extinct 1940 [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kof
Glottolog kubi1239
ELP Kubi

Kubi (also known as Kuba, Kubawa) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Members of the ethnic group now speak Hausa. [1]

Kubi is a village that known as member of za'ar tribe and also speaks the same language.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Kubi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg


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