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ALSO KNOWN AS		Kona, Jukun Kona, Jibi, Jibe, Jibə
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Jukonoid
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		juo
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Information from: “Negation in Jukun” (107-120) . Anne Storch (2009) , Cyffer, Norbert Ebermann and Erwin Ziegelmeyer, Georg · John Benjamins

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-2,000
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<5,000
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"As even young children are learning the language and there is no evidence of a decline, the language does not seem to be threatened by extinction, at least not in Kona."

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Catholic mission schools

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The Catholic mission which provides education in the form of a primary school and a secondary school plays a very positive role in the maintenance of the language and culture of Kona. [...] Inhabitants are rather proud of their origin [and] consciousness of preserving and maintaining the language and cultural heritage is high and in many cases the means of doing so are available."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Nachbarsprachen des Jibe sind das Bachama (Tschadisch), das Mumuye (Adamawa) und das Fulfulde (Westatlantisch)."

PLACES: Kona, Andamin and Jukon

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Es wird in Kona, ca. 9 km nördlich von Jalingo, und den es umgebenen Weilern gesprochen, außerdem nördlich des Benue in Andamin und Jukon, wohin die Jibə nach der Zerstörung Konas Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zum Teil migriert sind.Ä

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Voegelin and Voegelin (1977).

PLACES: Nigeria;

3-89645-108-1			2000	Magic and Gender: A Thesaurus of the Jibe of Kona (Northeastern Nigeria)				Rüdiger Köppe Verlag		Köln		Sabine Dinslage and Anne Storch	Dinslage, Sabine and Anne Storch. 2000. "Magic and Gender: A Thesaurus of the Jibe of Kona (Northeastern Nigeria)." Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.		<5,000	1000-9999		English	"The Catholic mission which provides education in the form of a primary school and a secondary school plays a very positive role in the maintenance of the language and culture of Kona. [...] Inhabitants are rather proud of their origin [and] consciousness of preserving and maintaining the language and cultural heritage is high and in many cases the means of doing so are available."	Catholic mission schools	Most speak some English; few speak other languages	Vulnerable (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"As even young children are learning the language and there is no evidence of a decline, the language does not seem to be threatened by extinction, at least not in Kona."	10
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,000	1000-9999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Voegelin and Voegelin (1977).					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Nigeria;
	Westafrikanische Studien		1999	Das Hone und seine Stellung im Zentral-Jukunoid				Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag	Band 20			Storch, Anne	Storch, Anne. 1999. Das Hone und seine Stellung im Zentral-Jukunoid. (Westafrikanische Studien, 20.) Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.						"Nachbarsprachen des Jibe sind das Bachama (Tschadisch), das Mumuye (Adamawa) und das Fulfulde (Westatlantisch)."							Kona, Andamin and Jukon	"Es wird in Kona, ca. 9 km nördlich von Jalingo, und den es umgebenen Weilern gesprochen, außerdem nördlich des Benue in Andamin und Jukon, wohin die Jibə nach der Zerstörung Konas Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zum Teil migriert sind.Ä
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,000	1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						9.0587,11.2829
9789027206688			2009	Negation in Jukun	Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond	107-120	Cyffer, Norbert Ebermann and Erwin Ziegelmeyer, Georg	John Benjamins		Amsterdam		Anne Storch	Storch, Anne. 2009. "Negation in Jukun." In Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond, edited by Norbert Ebermann Cyffer and Georg Erwin ziegelmeyer. 107-120. John Benjamins.		1,000-2,000	1000-9999						Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			11
				World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		2,000	1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Jiba

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Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-2,000

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

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Jiba

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Language information by source

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-2,000

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

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