Boon language
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| Boon | ||
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| Spoken in: | Somalia | |
| Region: | Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region | |
| Total speakers: | 59 (2000) | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Cushitic East Boon |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | afa | |
| ISO 639-3: | bnl | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Boon or Af-Boon is a nearly extinct East Cushitic language spoken by 59 people (as of 2000) in Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region, Somalia. In recent decades they have shifted to the Maay dialect of Jilib. All speakers are older than 60. [1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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