Cibak language

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
Kyibaku
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Borno State
Native speakers	200,000 (2014)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bura–Higi Bura (A.2) Cibak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ckl
Glottolog	ciba1236
Linguasphere	18-GBB-a

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]

References

• Mu'azu, Mohammed Aminu (2015). Kibaku (Chibok) – English dictionary: Kibaku (Chibok) – English, English – Kibaku(Chibok). Languages of the world. Dictionaries. Muenchen: Lincom. ISBN 9783862885275.