Cineni language
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Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria
Cineni | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Borno State |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cie |
Glottolog | cine1238 |
Cineni is an
Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Borno State, Nigeria in the single village of Cineni.[1] In a 2006 paper, Roger Blench classified it as a dialect of Guduf-Gava.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Cineni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
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