Zora language

Zora[3]
Person	uZora
People	aZora
Language	iZora

Zora
	Izora
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Native speakers	19 (2016)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji East Kainji Zora; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cbo
Glottolog	izor1238
ELP	Izora[2]

Zora (Izora), or Cokoba (Cokobanci) in Hausa, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.

Demographics

According to Blench (2016),[1] Zora (also called Chokobo) is spoken by 19 speakers, in some two hours drive from Jos. The speakers are all over 60 years and rarely talk to one another, since they are spread across 10 settlements. The morphology and phonology have been highly eroded as well.

References

Blench, Roger. 2016. Weeping over the disappearance of Nigeria’s minority languages: how to get more reliable information and what to do about it
Endangered Languages Project data for Izora.
Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Blench, Roger. Zora: a highly endangered East Kainji language of Northern Nigeria.

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[Blench-1] Blench, Roger. 2016. Weeping over the disappearance of Nigeria’s minority languages: how to get more reliable information and what to do about it

[ELP1-2] Endangered Languages Project data for Izora.

[BlenchAtlas4-3] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.