Jili language
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Plateau language spoken in Nigeria
Not to be confused with
Jingpho language
.| Jili | |
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| Lijili | |
| Native to | Nassarawa State |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2006)[1] |
| ? | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgi |
| Glottolog | liji1238 |
| Jili[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | Jijili |
| People | Mijili |
| Language | Lijili |
Jili (Lijili) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ambiguous name Koro.
Due to 19th-century slave raids, Jili speakers are scattered across different areas of central Nigeria.[3]
References
- ^ Jili at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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