Dulbu language

Dulbu
Dulbu
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	0 (2019)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Jaku–Gubi Dulbu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dbo
Glottolog	dulb1238
ELP	Dulbu

Dulbu is an extinct Jarawan Bantu language of Nigeria. Speakers have since shifted to Hausa.

Extinction

In 2019, Dulbu was found to be extinct. K. Shimizu's word list of Dulbu from around the 1980s is thus the only word list available.

↑ Blench, Roger. 2024. The Jarawan Bantu languages in Nigeria; what is new research telling us? 7 June 2024, 2nd Conference on Bantoid Languages and Linguistics (Bantoid II), Yaoundé.

v t e Mbam languages
Sanaga	Leti Tuki
West	Bati Nomaande Nyokon Tunen Tuotomb Yambeta
Yambasa	Elip Mmaala Mbule Nubaca Nugunu Yangben
Jarawan	Bile Damlanci Dulbu Gwa Jarawa Danglong Kulung Labir Lame Gura Mama Mbula-Bwazza Nagumi Shiki
Other	Bube
Italics indicate extinct languages