Zora language
{{short description|Kainji language of Nigeria}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Zora
|nativename=Izora
|states=Nigeria
|region=Plateau State
|ethnicity=
|speakers=19
|date=2016
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Benue–Congo
|fam4=Kainji
|fam5=East Kainji
|fam6=
|iso3=cbo
|glotto=izor1238
|glottorefname=Izora
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym
|person=uZora
|people=aZora
|language=iZora
}}
Zora (Izora), or Cokoba (Cokobanci) in Hausa, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.
Demographics
According to Blench (2016),Blench, Roger. 2016. [https://www.academia.edu/23910838/Weeping_over_the_disappearance_of_Nigeria_s_minority_languages_how_to_get_more_reliable_information_and_what_to_do_about_it Weeping over the disappearance of Nigeria’s minority languages: how to get more reliable information and what to do about it] Zora (also called Chokobo) is spoken by 19 speakers, in some two hours drive from Jos. The speakers are all over 60 years and rarely talk to one another, since they are spread across 10 settlements. The morphology and phonology have been highly eroded as well.
References
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Sources
- Blench, Roger. [https://www.academia.edu/16770044/Zora_a_highly_endangered_East_Kainji_language_of_Northern_Nigeria Zora: a highly endangered East Kainji language of Northern Nigeria].
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Category:Endangered Niger–Congo languages
Category:East Kainji languages
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