Cineni language explained

Cineni
States:Nigeria
Region:Borno State
Speakers:3,000
Date:1998
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Chadic
Fam3:Biu–Mandara
Fam4:Wandala–Mafa
Fam5:Wandala (A.4)
Fam6:West
Fam7:Guduf-Gava
Iso3:cie
Glotto:cine1238
Glottorefname:Cineni

Cineni is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Borno State, Nigeria in the single village of Cineni. In a 2006 paper, Roger Blench classified it as a dialect of Guduf-Gava.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)