Jina language

Jina (Zina) is an Afroasiatic language of Cameroon. The Muxule variety may be a distinct language.

Jina
Zina
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
1,500 (2004)[1]
Dialects
  • Muxule
Language codes
ISO 639-3jia
Glottologjina1244

Jina is spoken in Zina commune, located just to the south of Logone-Birni commune. Muxule is spoken in a few villages to the north of Logone-Birni (department of Logone-et-Chari, Far North Region) by 1,500 speakers. The people of Zina claim to understand Lagwan and Munjuk better than Muxule.[2]

References

  1. Jina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.


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