The Dibo, also called Gana-Gana, are a Nupoid-speaking people of Lapai LGA in Niger State, of the Federal Capital Territory and of Nassarawa LGA in Nasarawa State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which records that an unknown number of Dibo living among the Gbari no longer speak their language.
The Dibo, also called Gana-Gana, are a Nupoid-speaking people of Lapai LGA in Niger State, of the Federal Capital Territory and of Nassarawa LGA in Nasarawa State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which records that an unknown number of Dibo living among the Gbari no longer speak their language. The federal government's state profile names both the GanaGana and the Dibo among the peoples of Niger State.
Niger State · Lapai · Agaie · Katcha · Federal Capital Territory · Abaji
Dibo
- Gana-Gana
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
- Niger State (state profile) — Federal Government of Nigeria · link
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