Boon language

Boon
Spoken in Somalia
Region Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region
Native speakers 59  (2000)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bnl

Boon or Af-Boon is a nearly extinct East Cushitic language spoken by 59 people (as of 2000) in Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region, Somalia. In recent decades they have shifted to the Maay dialect of Jilib. All speakers are older than 60.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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