Jili language: Difference between revisions

Jili^[2]
Jili
Person	Jijili
People	Mijili
Language	Lijili

Jili
Jili
Lijili
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Nassarawa State
Native speakers	40,000 (2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau South Jilic Jili; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mgi
Glottolog	liji1238

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Jili (Lijili) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ambiguous name Koro.

Due to 19th-century slave raids, Jili speakers are scattered across different areas of central Nigeria.^[3]

References

^ Jili at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
^ Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixes and number marking in the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 107–172. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314325

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[e25-1] Jili at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[BlenchAtlas4-2] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

[Blench2018-3] Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixes and number marking in the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 107–172. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314325

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 |region=[[Nassarawa State]]
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+{{infobox ethnonym|Jijili|Mijili|Lijili||Jili<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref>}}
+'''Jili''' (Lijili) is a [[Plateau languages|Plateau language]] of [[Nigeria]]. It is one of several languages which go by the ambiguous name ''Koro''.
+Due to 19th-century slave raids, Jili speakers are scattered across different areas of central Nigeria.<ref name="Blench2018">Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixes and number marking in the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), ''East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs'', 107–172. Berlin: Language Science Press. {{doi|10.5281/zenodo.1314325}}</ref>
-'''Jili''' (Lijili) is a [[Plateau languages|Plateau language]] of [[Nigeria]].
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Languages of Nigeria}}
+{{Platoid languages}}
 [[Category:Languages of Nigeria]]
-[[Category:Plateau languages]]
+[[Category:South Plateau languages]]
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+{{plateau-lang-stub}}