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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Zizilivakan

Zizilivakan

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3ziz

Population  2,800 in Cameroon (2002).
Region  Far North Province, Mayo-Tsanaga Division, Bourrah Subdivision, near Nigeria border. Also in Nigeria.
Language map  Northern Cameroon, reference number 44
Alternate names   Àmzírív, Fali of Jilbu, Ziliva, Ziziliveken
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.8
Comments  People are called ‘Fali of Jilbu’.

Also spoken in:

Nigeria

Language name   Zizilivakan
Region  Adamawa state, Mubi LGA, Jilbu town, near Cameroon border.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 5, reference number 249
Alternate names  Àmzírív, Fali of Jilbu, Ziliva, Ziziliveken
Comments  People are called ‘Fali of Jilbu’. Muslim.