Atlantic-Congo · West Africa

Sheni-Ziriya

Nearly extinct

Nothing more than a wordlist has ever been published about Sheni-Ziriya. What it sounds like, how it works, and what it carries are all undocumented.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNearly extinct
DocumentationWordlist or less
ISO 639-3scv
Glottocodeshen1251

Spoken in Nigeria

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Sheni-Ziriya.

  1. Gamo-Ningi

    Extinct
    Wordlist or less

  2. Gyem

    Shifting
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  3. Iguta

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  4. Izora

    Shifting
    Wordlist or less

  5. Janji

    Shifting
    Wordlist or less

  6. Jere

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Kudu-Camo

    Moribund
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  8. Lemoro

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

Reference data for Sheni-Ziriya from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)