Dibo language

{{Short description|Nupoid language of Nigeria}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Dibo

|nativename=Ganagana

|states=Nigeria

|region=Niger State, Plateau State

|speakers=215,000

|date=2020

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta–Niger

|fam4={{smallcaps|noi}}

|fam5=Nupoid

|fam6=Nupe–Gbagyi

|fam7=Nupe languages

|fam8=Core Nupe

|fam9=Nupe cluster

|iso3=dio

|glotto=dibo1247

|glottorefname=Dibo

}}

Dibo, a.k.a. Ganagana, Ganagawa, Zhitako, is a Nupoid language spoken in Nigeria. It is spoken in about twenty villages south of Lapai. There is only 66% cognacy with Central Nupe, out of 200 words.Blench, Roger. 2013. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/VN/Nupoid/Nupoid%20Overview%202013.pdf The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list].