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Zari (Zariwa) is a Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists varieties as Zari, Zakshi, and Boto.[2]

Zari
Region	Bauchi State, Plateau State
Ethnicity	20,700 (2000)[1]
Extinct	(date missing)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Barawa (B.3) Zaar Zari
Dialects	Zakshi (Zaksa) Boto (Boot, Bibot) Zari (Kopti, Kwapm)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zaz
Glottolog	zari1242
ELP	Zari Boto Zakshi

Although there is an ethnic population of about 20,000, the last speaker had already died by 2000 (Campbell and Belew 2018).

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