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Jimi language (Nigeria)

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Jimi
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1995)[1]
Dialects
  • Zumo
Language codes
ISO 639-3jmi
Glottologjimi1255
ELPJimi (Nigeria)

Jimi (also known as Bi-Gimu) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Jimi village in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Blench (2006) considers the Zumo (Jum) variety to be a separate language.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Jimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)