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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Jilbe

Jilbe

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3jie

Population  100 (H. Tourneux).
Region  Borno state, Jilbe town, Cameroon border across from Dabanga town. 1 village.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 4, reference number 214
Alternate names   Zoulbou
Dialects  Kotoko speakers in Cameroon and Chad consistently report low intelligibility with Jilbe. Not the same as Zizilivakan [ziz].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1
Comments  Muslim.