Jijili language

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.

Jijili
Tanjijili
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State
Native speakers
8,500 Jijili proper (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
uji  Tanjijili
vkz  Koro Zuba
vkn  Koro Nulu
Glottologtanj1247  Tanjijili
ijaz1238  Ija-Zuba
Jijili[2]
PersonUjijili
PeopleAjijili
LanguageTanjijili

Two languages or dialects, Koro-Ija and Koro-Zuba (collectively known as Ija-Zuba) are said to be "nearly intelligible" with Jijili, but no language data exists.[3]

References

  1. Tanjijili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Koro Zuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Koro Nulu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Manuscript.


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