Cibak
Cibak is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.
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Cibak (variously rendered Chibuk, Chibok, Chibbak, Chibbuk, Kyibaku, Kibbaku, Kikuk) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 200,000 who are mostly Kibaku people in Nigeria.
Cibak is spoken in Askira/Uba, Chibok and Damboa local government areas in the south of Borno State in Nigeria. The majority of speakers are Christians (about 92 %); most of the schoolgirls abducted in the 2014 Chibok kidnapping by Boko Haram were Cibak-speakers and Christians.
From Wikipedia · Cibak language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Cibak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nda* | |
| name | L3ma* | |
| eye | n3sa* | |
| ear | L3ma* | |
| nose | kwuc3r* | |
| tooth | xir* | |
| tongue | kanyar* | |
| blood | maSi* | |
| bone | daxi* | |
| skin | kwuci* | |
| knee | bwunai* | |
| breast | u7wa* | |
| liver | midE* | |
| water | yimi | |
| fire | zu7u* | |
| sun | c3ci* | |
| star | cambiya* | |
| stone | paya* | |
| mountain | paya* | |
| tree | fwE7* | |
| leaf | Lali* | |
| night | v3ri* | |
| dog | kiya* | |
| fish | kwulfa* | |
| louse | Ngyak3l* | |
| one | t3N* | |
| two | sudE* | |
| drink | cugusa* | |
| see | wuti* | |
| hear | ngati* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NggwahyiAfro-Asiatic57% alike
- PutaiAfro-Asiatic54% alike
- Bura-PabirAfro-Asiatic46% alike
- Marghi CentralAfro-Asiatic33% alike
- Marghi SouthAfro-Asiatic33% alike
- HubaAfro-Asiatic31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · ciba1236 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ckl