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Oblo language

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Region
  
Cameroon

ISO 639-3
  
obl

Language family
  
Niger–Congo?

Glottolog
  
oblo1238

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.

References

Oblo language Wikipedia