Boon language

Boon language

Infobox Language
name=Boon
states=Somalia
region=Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region
speakers=59 (2000)
iso2=afa
iso3=bnl
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Cushitic
fam3=Lowland East

Boon or Af-Boon is a nearly extinct East Cushitic language spoken by 59 people (as of 2000) in Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region, Somalia. In recent decades they have shifted to the Maay dialect of Jilib. All speakers are older than 60. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bnl Ethnologue entry for Boon]


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