Dibo language

Dibo
Dibo
Ganagana
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Niger State, Plateau State
Native speakers	215,000 (2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Nupoid Nupe–Gbagyi Nupe languages Core Nupe Nupe cluster Dibo; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dio
Glottolog	dibo1247

Dibo, a.k.a. Ganagana, Ganagawa, Zhitako, is a Nupoid language² spoken in Nigeria. It is spoken in about twenty villages south of Lapai. There is only 66% cognacy with Central Nupe, out of 200 words.³

References

Dibo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Dibo". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.

[e25-1] Dibo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Dibo". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Blench2013-3] Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.

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