Kolbila language
Kolbila is an Adamawa language of Cameroon and Nigeria.
| Kolbila | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Adamawa Region |
Native speakers | 2,500 (1997)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | klc |
| Glottolog | kolb1240[2] |
Distribution
Kolbila is closely related to Samba Leko. It is spoken by fewer than 4,000 speakers in several settlements along the Ngaoundéré-Garoua road in Bantanjé (Bantadje) canton of northwest Cameroon (Sabine Littig 2017). There were three major waves of settlement to these locations:[3]
- Demsa (in 1954)
- Mayo Boki (in 1972)
- Mbé (in 1976)
References
- Kolbila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kolbila". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Littig, Sabine (2017). Kolbila: Geography and history.
External links
- Kolbila - Adamawa Languages Project
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