Oblo language
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Oblo is a poorly attested, unclassified, and possibly extinct language of northern Cameroon
. It was assumed to be one of the Adamawa languages
, but hasn't been included in recent classifications.
Oblo 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.)
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
. It was assumed to be one of the Adamawa languages
Adamawa languages
The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people . Joseph Greenberg classified them as one branch of the...
, but hasn't been included in recent classifications.
Oblo is, or was, spoken in a tiny area including Gobtikéré, Ouro Bé, and Ouro Badjouma, in Pitoa
Pitoa
-References:* * - Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV * Charles Nanga, , Mémoire ENA....
, Bénoué
Bénoué
Bénoué is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 13,614 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 568,793...
Department. (Note: the map in Ethnologue shows it in Mayo-Rey
Mayo-Rey
Mayo-Rey is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 36,529 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 242,441 .The capital of the department lies at Tcholliré.-Subdivisions:...
Department, possibly an error.)