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Jilbe language

Jilbe is a critically endangered, probably extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in a single village in Borno State, Nigeria. It is also called Zoulbou.

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Source
Jilbe
Native toNigeria
RegionBorno State
Native speakers
Last spoken by an elder man in 2006 (to a undated number of fewer than 20) (2008)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3jie
Glottologjilb1238
ELPJilbe

Jilbe (also known as Zoulbou) is a critically endangered, probably extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in a single village in Borno State, Nigeria. It is also called Zoulbou.1

It is spoken in Jilbe town, across the Cameroon border from Dabanga town.1

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  1. Jilbe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)