Zari language

Zari (Zariwa) is a Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists varieties as Zari, Zakshi, and Boto.[2]

Zari
RegionBauchi State, Plateau State
Ethnicity20,700 (2000)[1]
Extinct2000[1]
Dialects
  • Zakshi (Zaksa)
  • Boto (Boot, Bibot)
  • Zari (Kopti, Kwapm)
Language codes
ISO 639-3zaz
Glottologzari1242
ELP

Although there is an ethnic population of about 20,000, the last speaker had already died by 2000 (Campbell and Belew 2018).

References

  1. Zari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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