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Kirya-Konzəl language

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ6416310 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kirya-Konzəl is a recently documented Chadic language of Nigeria, though it was first attested in 1931. The varieties, Fali of Kirya (Kirya) and Fali of Mijilu (Konzəl), are very close.

References

External links

Blench, Roger, and A. Ndamsai, 2007. A Dictionary of Kirya and Konzəl in Northeastern Nigeria

Yoder, Z. 2011.

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“Kirya-Konzəl language” enters the record as language. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kirya-Konzəl and language can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1931, 2007, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kirya-Konzəl and language.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kirya-Konzəl language” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.