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Ɓeele language

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Ɓeele
Àɓéelé
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(a few villages; 120 cited 1922 [sic])[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bxq
Glottologbeel1236
ELPBele
Àɓéelé[2]
Personbòhé áɓéelé
PeopleÀɓéelé
LanguageÀɓéelé

Ɓeele (also known as Bele, Àbéélé, Bellawa) is an endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in a few villages in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

References

  1. ^ Ɓeele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.