Cibak | |
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Kyibaku | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Borno State |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2014) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ckl |
Glottolog |
ciba1236 |
Linguasphere | 18-GBB-a |
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]
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]
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 (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]
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]