Jijili language

Not to be confused with Jili language.
Jijili
Tanjijili
Native to Nigeria
Region Niger State
Native speakers
8,500 Jijili proper (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ujiinclusive code
Individual code:
vki  Ija-Zuba
Glottolog tanj1247  (Tanjijili)[2]
ijaz1238  (Ija-Zuba)[3]

The Jijili language, Tanjijili, also known as Ujijili, is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the name Koro.

Two languages or dialects, Koro-Zuba and Koro-Ija, are said to be "nearly intelligible" with Jijili, but no data is available.[4]

References

  1. Jijili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Ija-Zuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tanjijili". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ija-Zuba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.


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