Kubi language

Extinct Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria
Kubi
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Ethnicity1,500 (1995)[1]
Extinct1940[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3kof
Glottologkubi1239
ELPKubi

Kubi (also known as Kuba, Kubawa) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Members of the ethnic group now speak Hausa.[1]

Kubi is a village that is known as a member of the Za'ar tribe and also speaks the same language.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Kubi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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