Kubi language

Kubi
Kubi
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Ethnicity	1,500 (1995)
Extinct	1940
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Bole (North) Kubi; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kof
Glottolog	kubi1239
ELP	Kubi

Last updated January 15, 2026

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 is known as a member of the Za'ar tribe and also speaks the same language.

Notes

1 2 3 Kubi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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[e25-1] 1 2 3 Kubi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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