Nigbo language

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Nigbo
(unattested)
Native toNigeria
RegionNigbo, Kaduna State
Extinct after 2005 [1] [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None

Nigbo is an extinct Plateau language of Nigeria. It was spoken near Agameti on the Fadan Karshi-Wamba road near Sanga LGA, Kaduna State. [2] The language, listed in Blench (2012) and (2019), is not reported in Ethnologue or Glottolog. It is presumably an Alumic language based on its proximity to Akpondu, a language closely related to Alumu and Tesu. [1]

The extinct languages Akpondu and Babur (Bəbər) were also spoken in nearby villages of Akpondu and Babur, respectively. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Blench, Roger M. 2012. Akpondu, Nigbo, Bəbər and Nisam: moribund or extinct languages of central Nigeria Babur.
  2. 1 2 Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.