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{{Short description|Language of Cameroon}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Oblo
|name=Oblo
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|speakers=(moribund or extinct)
|region=[[Cameroon]]
|region=[[Cameroon]]
|speakers=Nearly extinct<!--no speaker numbers in Roger Blench, 2004. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/AU/Adamawa%20language%20list.pdf List of Adamawa languages] (ms)-->
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|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|ref=e25
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo]]
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|familycolor=unclassified
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|fam3=[[Savanna languages|Savannas]]?
|fam1=[[Niger–Congo]]?
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|fam4=(unclassified)
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|fam2=[[Savanna languages|Savannas]]?
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|fam3=(unclassified)
|iso3=obl
|iso3=obl
|glotto=oblo1238
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|glottorefname=Oblo
'''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.
|script=Unwritten
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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.)
'''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.


[[:fr:Eldridge Mohammadou|Eldridge Mohammadou]] located Olbo around Bé, at the confluence of the [[Benue River]] and [[Mayo Kébbi|Kebi River]], in [[Bibemi]] commune.<ref name="Ayotte">Ayotte, Michael and Charlene Ayotte. 2002. ''[http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/projets/clhass/PageWeb/ressources/Isolats/Oblo%20Ayotte%202002.pdf Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo]''. SIL International.</ref> However, ''ALCAM'' (2012), following ''Ethnologue'', reports that Oblo was spoken near [[Tcholliré]] in [[Mayo-Rey]] department, Northern Region.<ref name="ALCAM2012">{{cite book|editor-last=Binam Bikoi|editor-first=Charles|date=2012|title=Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)|trans-title=Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon|volume=1: Inventaire des langues|language=fr|location=Yaoundé|publisher=CERDOTOLA|series=Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC)|isbn=9789956796069}}</ref> Oblo is known only from eight words collected by Kurt Strümpell in the early 1900s.<ref name="Ayotte"/>
==External links==
*[http://llmap.org/languages/obl.html Map of Oblo language from the LL-Map project]
*[http://multitree.org/codes/obl Information on Oblo language from the MultiTree project]


Oblo has been classified as one of the [[Adamawa languages]], but it has not been included in recent classifications.<ref name="Ayotte"/> It might be best left unclassified altogether.<ref>[http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/equipes/index.asp?Langue=EN&Equipe=50&Page=Themes "Towards a new classification of African languages"], ''Linguistic Contribution to the History of Sub-Saharan Africa,'' University of Lyons</ref>
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[[Category:Adamawa languages]]
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[[Category:Unclassified languages]]
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[[Category:Languages of Cameroon]]


==Further reading==
*Mohammadou, Eldridge. 1983. Peuples et Royaumes du Foumbina. In ''African Languages and Ethnography XVII''. Morimichi Tomikawa, ed. Japan: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
*Mohammadou, Eldridge. 1979. ''Les Yillaga de la Bénoué: Ray ou Rey-Bouba''. Paris: CNRS.
*Mohammadou, Eldridge. 1980. ''Garoua: Tradition historique d’une cité peule du Nord-Cameroun''. Paris: CNRS.
*Mohammadou, Eldridge. 1983. ''Peuples et Etats du Foumbina et de l’Adamawa''. (Traduction d’études par K. Strümpell et von Briesen). Yaoundé.
*Strümpell, Kurt, and Bernard Struck. 1910. “Vergleichendes Wörterverzeichnis der Heidensprachen Adamauas”. ''Zeitschrift für Ethnologie'' 42 (314):444–448. (“Vocabulairecomparé des langues des païens de l’Adamaoua”)
*Struempell, Kurt. 1912. “Die Geschichte Adamauas nach mündlichen Ueberlieferungen”. ''Mitt. Geogr. Gesellschaft in Hamburg'' 26:46–107.


==References==
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{{Adamawa languages}}
[[br:Obloeg]]
{{Languages of Cameroon}}
[[de:Oblo]]

[[sw:Kioblo (lugha)]]
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[[Category:Adamawa languages]]
[[pms:Lenga Oblo]]
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[[Category:Unclassified languages of Africa]]
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[[Category:Languages of Cameroon]]

Latest revision as of 09:05, 28 December 2022

Oblo
RegionCameroon
Native speakers
Nearly extinct[1]
Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3obl
Glottologoblo1238
ELPOblo

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.

Eldridge Mohammadou located Olbo around Bé, at the confluence of the Benue River and Kebi River, in Bibemi commune.[2] However, ALCAM (2012), following Ethnologue, reports that Oblo was spoken near Tcholliré in Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region.[3] Oblo is known only from eight words collected by Kurt Strümpell in the early 1900s.[2]

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.[4]

Further reading

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  • Mohammadou, Eldridge. 1983. Peuples et Royaumes du Foumbina. In African Languages and Ethnography XVII. Morimichi Tomikawa, ed. Japan: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
  • Mohammadou, Eldridge. 1979. Les Yillaga de la Bénoué: Ray ou Rey-Bouba. Paris: CNRS.
  • Mohammadou, Eldridge. 1980. Garoua: Tradition historique d’une cité peule du Nord-Cameroun. Paris: CNRS.
  • Mohammadou, Eldridge. 1983. Peuples et Etats du Foumbina et de l’Adamawa. (Traduction d’études par K. Strümpell et von Briesen). Yaoundé.
  • Strümpell, Kurt, and Bernard Struck. 1910. “Vergleichendes Wörterverzeichnis der Heidensprachen Adamauas”. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 42 (314):444–448. (“Vocabulairecomparé des langues des païens de l’Adamaoua”)
  • Struempell, Kurt. 1912. “Die Geschichte Adamauas nach mündlichen Ueberlieferungen”. Mitt. Geogr. Gesellschaft in Hamburg 26:46–107.

References

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  1. ^ Oblo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b c Ayotte, Michael and Charlene Ayotte. 2002. Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo. SIL International.
  3. ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
  4. ^ "Towards a new classification of African languages", Linguistic Contribution to the History of Sub-Saharan Africa, University of Lyons
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