Cibak language

Cibak
Kyibaku
Native toNigeria
RegionBorno State
Native speakers
200,000 (2014)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ckl
Glottologciba1236
Linguasphere18-GBB-a

Cibak (variously rendered Chibuk, Chibok, Chibbak, Chibbuk, Kyibaku, Kibbaku, Kikuk) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 200,000 who are majorly Kibaku people in Nigeria.[1]

Cibak is spoken in Askira/Uba, Chibok and Damboa local government areas in the south of Borno State in Nigeria.[2] The majority of speakers are Christians (about 92 %);[3] most of the schoolgirls abducted in the 2014 Chibok kidnapping by Boko Haram were Cibak-speakers and Christians.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cibak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ http://1verse.com/files/Kibaku-2009_05.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Kibaku of Nigeria". Prayer Focus. The Seed Company. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  4. ^ Adam Nossiter (May 14, 2014). "Tales of Escapees in Nigeria Add to Worries About Other Kidnapped Girls". New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2014.