Oblo language

Oblo
Region Cameroon
Native speakers
 (no estimate available)[1]
Niger–Congo?
    Language codes
    ISO 639-3 obl
    Glottolog oblo1238[2]

    Oblo is a poorly attested, unclassified, and possibly extinct language of northern Cameroon. It is, or was, spoken in a tiny area including Gobtikéré, Ouro Bé, and Ouro Badjouma, in Pitoa, Bénoué Department. (Note: the map in Ethnologue shows it in Mayo-Rey Department, possibly an error.)

    Oblo has been classified as one of the Adamawa languages, but it hasn't been included in recent classifications. It might be best left unclassified altogether.[3]

    References

    1. ↑ Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)
    2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Oblo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
    3. ↑ "Towards a new classification of African languages", Linguistic Contribution to the History of Sub-Saharan Africa, University of Lyons