Cibak language

Cibak
Kyibaku
Native to Nigeria
Region Borno State
Native speakers
 200,000 (2014)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ckl
Glottolog ciba1236[2]
Linguasphere 18-GBB-a

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

Cibak is spoken in Askira/Uba, Chibok and Damboa local government areas in the south of Borno State in Nigeria.[3] The majority of speakers are Christian;[4] most of the schoolgirls abducted in the 2014 Chibok kidnapping by Boko Haram were Cibak-speakers.[5]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Cibak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Cibak". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ http://1verse.com/files/Kibaku-2009_05.pdf%5B%5D
  4. ↑ "Kibaku of Nigeria". Prayer Focus. The Seed Company. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ 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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