Oblo language
Oblo is a poorly attested, unclassified, and possibly extinct language of northern Cameroon. It is, or was, spoken in a tiny area including Gobtikéré, Ouro Bé, and Ouro Badjouma, in Pitoa, Bénoué Department. (Note: the map in Ethnologue shows it in Mayo-Rey Department, possibly an error.)
| Oblo | |
|---|---|
| Region | Cameroon |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | obl |
| Glottolog | oblo1238 |
| ELP | Oblo[1] |
Oblo has been classified as one of the Adamawa languages, but it has not been included in recent classifications.[2] It might be best left unclassified altogether.[3]
References
- Endangered Languages Project data for Oblo.
- Ayotte, Michael and Charlene Ayotte. 2002. Sociolinguistic language survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo. SIL International.
- "Towards a new classification of African languages", Linguistic Contribution to the History of Sub-Saharan Africa, University of Lyons
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