Labir language

Labir
Jaku
Native to Nigeria
Region Bauchi State
Ethnicity 13,000 (2006)[1]
Native speakers
500 (2008)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 jku
Glottolog labi1245[3]

Labir, or Jaku, is one of the Southern Bantoid Jarawan languages of Nigeria, spoken in Bauchi State.These villages include; Fanti,Gar,Balansi,Ranga,Doka,Bada koshi,B.Dutse,Bamanu etc

References

  1. Labir language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Labir at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Labir". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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