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Jilbe language

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Jilbe
Native toNigeria
RegionBorno State
Native speakers
(100 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jie
Glottologjilb1238
ELPJilbe

Jilbe (also known as Zoulbou) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in a single village in Borno State, Nigeria. It is also called Zoulbou.[1]

It is spoken in Jilbe town, across the Cameroon border from Dabanga town.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Jilbe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)