Jimi language (Nigeria)
Not to be confused with Jimi language (Cameroon).
Jimi | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 1,000 (1995)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
jmi |
Glottolog |
jimi1255 [2] |
Jimi (also known as Bi-Gimu) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Jimi village in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Blench (2006) considers the Zumo (Jum) variety to be a separate language.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Jimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jimi (Nigeria)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
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