Kir-Balar language

Afro-Asiatic languages of Nigeria
Kir-Balar
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(3,100 cited 1993)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Chadic
    • West Chadic
      • Barawa (B.3)
        • Boghom
          • Kir-Balar
Language codes
ISO 639-3kkr
Glottologkirb1236

Kir-Balar (also known as Kir, Kirr) is a pair of closely related Afro-Asiatic languages spoken in Kir Bengbet and Kir Bajang’le, villages, Bauchi LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kir-Balar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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