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

Giiwo

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3kks

Population  14,000 (1998 SIL).
Region  Bauchi state, Alkaleri, Bauchi, and Darazo LGAs.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 151
Alternate names   Bu Giiwo, Kirfi, Kirifawa, Kirifi
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, A, A.2, Bole, Bole Proper
Language use  Also use Hausa [hau].
Comments  Agriculturalists: guinea corn, beans, peanuts, maize. Muslim.