Zari language
Extinct Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria
Zari | |
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Region | Bauchi State, Plateau State |
Ethnicity | 20,700 (2000)[1] |
Extinct | 2000[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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ISO 639-3 | zaz |
Glottolog | zari1242 |
ELP | Zari |
Zari (Zariwa) is a Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists varieties as Zari, Zakshi, and Boto.[2]
Although there is an ethnic population of about 20,000, the last speaker had already died by 2000 (Campbell and Belew 2018).
References
- ^ a b Zari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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West Chadic languages
Gwandara (A.1)
- Gwandara
- Hausa
Tangale (A.2)
Bole | |
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Tangale |
(Warji) (B.2)
(Barawa) (B.3)
Zaar | |
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Guruntum | |
Boghom |
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