Zora language

Zora
Izora
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Native speakers	19 (2016)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji East Kainji Zora
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cbo
Glottolog	izor1238
ELP	Izora

Zora[2]
Person	uZora
People	aZora
Language	iZora

Zora (Izora), or Cokoba (Cokobanci) in Hausa, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.

Demographics

According to Blench (2016),[3] 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

1. Zora at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
3. Blench, Roger. 2016. Weeping over the disappearance of Nigeria’s minority languages: how to get more reliable information and what to do about it

Sources

• Blench, Roger. Zora: a highly endangered East Kainji language of Northern Nigeria.