Zizilivakan language
| Zizilivakan | |
|---|---|
| Fali of Jilbu | |
| Ulan Mazhilvən | |
| Native to | Cameroon,Nigeria |
| Region | Far North Province;Adamawa State |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2010)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ziz |
| Glottolog | zizi1238 |
| ELP | Zizilivakan |
Zizilivakan(Ziziliveken, Ziliva, Àmzírív), also known asFali of JilbuandUlan Mazhilvən,is aChadic languagespoken inCamerooninFar North Provinceand neighboringNigeria.It is one of several in the area that go by the nameFali.
Zizilivékén is spoken in Cameroon by only a few hundred people (Crozier and Blench 1992), near the border with Nigeria. It is spoken west ofGuili(Bourrhacommune,Mayo-Tsanagadepartment, Far North Region). It is also spoken in Nigeria around the town of Jilvu. In Cameroon, it is not spoken as much as in Nigeria.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ZizilivakanatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012).Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)[Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA.ISBN9789956796069.
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