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{{Short description|Plateau language spoken in Nigeria}} |
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{{distinguish|Jijili language|Jingpho language}} |
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|region=[[Nassarawa State]] |
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|states=[[Nigeria]] |
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|speakers=40,000 |
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|date=2006 |
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|ref = e25 |
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|familycolor=Niger-Congo |
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|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |
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|iso3=mgi |
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|glotto=liji1238 |
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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>}} |
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{{infobox ethnonym||Mijili|Lijili||Jili}} |
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'''Jili''' (Lijili) is a [[Plateau languages|Plateau language]] of [[Nigeria]]. It is one of several languages which go by the name |
'''Jili''' (Lijili) is a [[Plateau languages|Plateau language]] of [[Nigeria]]. It is one of several languages which go by the ambiguous name ''Koro''. |
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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> |
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==References== |
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{{Languages of Nigeria}} |
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{{Platoid languages}} |
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[[Category:Languages of Nigeria]] |
[[Category:Languages of Nigeria]] |
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[[Category:Plateau languages]] |
[[Category:South Plateau languages]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 17 February 2023
| Jili | |
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| Lijili | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Nassarawa State |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgi |
| Glottolog | liji1238 |
| Jili[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | Jijili |
| People | Mijili |
| Language | Lijili |
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
[edit]- ^ 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
