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(Redirected from Izora language) Kainji language of Nigeria
Zora
Izora
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers19 (2016)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3cbo
Glottologizor1238
ELPIzora
Zora
PersonuZora
PeopleaZora
LanguageiZora

Zora (Izora), or Cokoba (Cokobanci) in Hausa, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.

Demographics

According to Blench (2016), Zora (also called Chokobo) is spoken by 19 speakers, in some two hours drive from Jos. The speakers are all over 60 years and rarely talk to one another, since they are spread across 10 settlements. The morphology and phonology have been highly eroded as well.

References

  1. Zora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. Blench, Roger. 2016. Weeping over the disappearance of Nigeria’s minority languages: how to get more reliable information and what to do about it

Sources

Platoid languages
Jukunoid
Kainji
Kambari
Basa
Kamuku
Shiroro
Northwest
Lakes
East
Northern
Kauru
Shammo
Other
Plateau
Tarokoid
South
Alumic
Ninzic
East
Central
Beromic
Yukubenic
Ndunic
others


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