Giiwo language
Giiwo (also known as Bu Giiwo, Kirfi, Kirifi, Kirifawa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.[1]
| Giiwo | |
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| Bu Giiwo | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 14,000 (1998)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kks |
| Glottolog | giiw1236[2] |
| Giiwo[3] | |
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| Person | Ba Giiwo |
| People | Ma Giiwo |
| Language | Bu Giiwo |
Notes
- Giiwo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Giiwo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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