Zari language

Extinct Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria
Zari
RegionBauchi State, Plateau State
Ethnicity20,700 (2000)[1]
Extinct2000[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Chadic
    • West
      • Barawa (B.3)
        • Zaar
          • Zari
Dialects
  • Zakshi (Zaksa)
  • Boto (Boot, Bibot)
  • Zari (Kopti, Kwapm)
Language codes
ISO 639-3zaz
Glottologzari1242
ELP
  • Zari
  • Boto
  • Zakshi

Zari (Zariwa) is a Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists varieties as Zari, Zakshi, and Boto.[2]

Although there is an ethnic population of about 20,000, the last speaker had already died by 2000 (Campbell and Belew 2018).

References

  1. ^ a b Zari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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West Chadic languages
Hausa–
Gwandara (A.1)
  • Gwandara
  • Hausa
Bole–
Tangale (A.2)
Bole
Tangale
Angas (A.3)Ron (A.4)
Bade (B.1)North Bauchi
(Warji) (B.2)South Bauchi
(Barawa) (B.3)
Zaar
Guruntum
Boghom
Others
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages


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