Cibak language
Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
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Cibak (variously rendered Chibuk, Chibok, Chibbak, Chibbuk, Kyibaku, Kibbaku, Kikuk) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 200,000 who are majorly Kibaku people in Nigeria.[1]
NativetoNigeria
RegionBorno State
Native speakers
200,000 (2014)[1]Afro-Asiatic
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Chadic
- Biu–Mandara
- Bura–Higi
- Bura (A.2)
- Cibak
- Bura (A.2)
- Bura–Higi
- Biu–Mandara
| Cibak | |
|---|---|
| Kyibaku | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Borno State |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2014)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ckl |
| Glottolog | ciba1236 |
| Linguasphere | 18-GBB-a |
Cibak is spoken in Askira/Uba, Chibok and Damboa local government areas in the south of Borno State in Nigeria.[2] The majority of speakers are Christians (about 92 %);[3] most of the schoolgirls abducted in the 2014 Chibok kidnapping by Boko Haram were Cibak-speakers and Christians.[4]
References
- Mu'azu, Mohammed Aminu (2015). Kibaku (Chibok) – English dictionary: Kibaku (Chibok) – English, English – Kibaku(Chibok). Languages of the world. Dictionaries. Muenchen: Lincom. ISBN 9783862885275.
