Cibak language
| Cibak | |
|---|---|
| Kyibaku | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Borno State |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2014)[1] |
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Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ckl |
| Glottolog |
ciba1236[2] |
| Linguasphere |
18-GBB-a |
Cibak (variously rendered Chibuk, Chibok, Chibbak, Chibbuk, Kyibaku, Kibbaku, Kikuk) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 200,000 people in Nigeria.[1]
Cibak is spoken in Askira/Uba, Chibok and Damboa local government areas in the south of Borno State in Nigeria.[3] The majority of speakers are Christian;[4] most of the schoolgirls abducted in the 2014 Chibok kidnapping by Boko Haram were Cibak-speakers.[5]
References
- Mu'azu, Mohammed Aminu (2015). Kibaku (Chibok) – English dictionary: Kibaku (Chibok) – English, English – Kibaku(Chibok). Languages of the world. Dictionaries. Muenchen: Lincom. ISBN 9783862885275.
Notes
- 1 2 Cibak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Cibak". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ http://1verse.com/files/Kibaku-2009_05.pdf
- ↑ "Kibaku of Nigeria". Prayer Focus. The Seed Company. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ↑ Adam Nossiter (May 14, 2014). "Tales of Escapees in Nigeria Add to Worries About Other Kidnapped Girls". New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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