Oblo language

Oblo
Region Cameroon
Language codes
ISO 639-3 obl
Glottolog oblo1238[1]

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. (Note: the map in Ethnologue shows it in Mayo-Rey Department, possibly an error.)

Oblo has been classified as one of the Adamawa languages, but it hasn't been included in recent classifications. It might be best left unclassified altogether.[2]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Oblo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. "Towards a new classification of African languages", Linguistic Contribution to the History of Sub-Saharan Africa, University of Lyons


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