Giiwo language

Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
Giiwo
Bu Giiwo
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(14,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3kks
Glottologgiiw1236
Giiwo[2]
PersonBa Giiwo
PeopleMa Giiwo
LanguageBu Giiwo

Giiwo (also known as Bu Giiwo, Kirfi, Kirifi, Kirifawa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Giiwo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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