Zora (Izora), or Cokoba (Cokobanci) in Hausa, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.
| Zora | |
|---|---|
| Izora | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | 19 (2016)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cbo |
| Glottolog | izor1238 |
| ELP | Izora |
| Zora[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | uZora |
| People | aZora |
| Language | iZora |
Demographics
editAccording to Blench (2016),[3] Zora (also called Chokobo) is spoken by 19 speakers, in some two hours drive from Jos. The speakers are all over 60 years and rarely talk to one another, since they are spread across 10 settlements. The morphology and phonology have been highly eroded as well.
References
edit- ^ Zora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ Blench, Roger. 2016. Weeping over the disappearance of Nigeria’s minority languages: how to get more reliable information and what to do about it
Sources
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