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Zari language

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Extinct Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria
Zari
RegionBauchi State, Plateau State
Ethnicity20,700 (2000)
Extinct2000
Language familyAfro-Asiatic
Dialects
  • Zakshi (Zaksa)
  • Boto (Boot, Bibot)
  • Zari (Kopti, Kwapm)
Language codes
ISO 639-3zaz
Glottologzari1242
ELPZari

Zari (Zariwa) is a Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists varieties as Zari, Zakshi, and Boto.

Although there is an ethnic population of about 20,000, the last speaker had already died by 2000 (Campbell and Belew 2018).

References

  1. ^ Zari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
West Chadic languages
Hausa–
Gwandara
(A.1)
Bole–
Tangale
(A.2)
Bole
Tangale
Angas (A.3)
Ron (A.4)
Bade (B.1)
North Bauchi
(Warji) (B.2)
South Bauchi
(Barawa) (B.3)
Zaar
Guruntum
Boghom
Others
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages


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