Jili language
Jili | |
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Lijili | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Nassarawa State |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1985)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mgi |
Glottolog | liji1238 |
Jili[2] | |
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Person | Jijili |
People | Mijili |
Language | Lijili |
Jili (Lijili) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ambiguous name Koro.
Due to 19th-century slave raids, Jili speakers are scattered across different areas of central Nigeria.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixes and number marking in the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 107–172. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314325
Categories:
- Languages of Nigeria
- South Plateau languages
- Plateau language stubs