Cibak language

Cibak
Cibak
Kyibaku
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Borno State
Native speakers	200,000 (2014)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bura–Higi Bura (A.2) Cibak; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ckl
Glottolog	ciba1236
Linguasphere	18-GBB-a

Cibak (variously rendered Chibuk, Chibok, Chibbak, Chibbuk, Kyibaku, Kibbaku, Kikuk) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 200,000 who are majorly Kibaku people in Nigeria.^[1]

Cibak is spoken in Askira/Uba, Chibok and Damboa local government areas in the south of Borno State in Nigeria.^[2] The majority of speakers are Christians (about 92 %);^[3] most of the schoolgirls abducted in the 2014 Chibok kidnapping by Boko Haram were Cibak-speakers and Christians.^[4]

References

Mu'azu, Mohammed Aminu (2015). Kibaku (Chibok) – English dictionary: Kibaku (Chibok) – English, English – Kibaku(Chibok). Languages of the world. Dictionaries. Muenchen: Lincom. ISBN 9783862885275.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Cibak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ http://1verse.com/files/Kibaku-2009_05.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Kibaku of Nigeria". Prayer Focus. The Seed Company. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
^ Adam Nossiter (May 14, 2014). "Tales of Escapees in Nigeria Add to Worries About Other Kidnapped Girls". New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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[e18-1] Cibak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] ttp://1verse.com/files/Kibaku-2009_05.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Kibaku of Nigeria". Prayer Focus. The Seed Company. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.

[4] Adam Nossiter (May 14, 2014). "Tales of Escapees in Nigeria Add to Worries About Other Kidnapped Girls". New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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