▁Christian ▁or ▁a ▁Protest ant , ▁while ▁ 2 % ▁refused ▁to ▁answer . ▁ ▁References <0x0A> </s> ▁J ib yal ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁An k we y , ▁a ▁former ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁Go em ai ▁people ) ▁is ▁a ▁West ▁Ch adic ▁language ▁spoken ▁in ▁Pl ate au ▁State , ▁Niger ia . ▁It ▁was ▁discovered ▁by ▁Roger ▁B len ch ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁J ib yal ▁most ▁likely ▁belongs ▁to ▁the ▁Pan ▁cluster ▁of ▁languages , ▁which ▁includes ▁K of yar . ▁Some ▁similar ities ▁with ▁C ak f em - M ush ere ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁noted ▁by ▁B len ch ▁( 2 0 1 9 ). ▁J ib yal ▁is ▁spoken ▁in ▁J ib yal ▁town , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁ham lets ▁of ▁Mon kw at , ▁Lam al ang , ▁Sh im ə r , ▁and ▁Dal u . ▁B len ch ▁( 2 0 1 7 ) ▁reports ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁speak ers ▁total . ▁J ib yal ▁speak ers ▁inter mar ry ▁with ▁B wal ▁speak ers . ▁Children ▁still ▁speak ▁the ▁language , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁threatened ▁by ▁Haus a . ▁ ▁Names ▁J ib yal ▁speak ers ▁refer ▁to ▁themselves ▁as ▁An k wei ▁[ à ŋ kw é y ], ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁name ▁that ▁the ▁Go em ai ▁had ▁formerly ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁themselves . ▁ ▁Ge ographical ▁distribution ▁J ib yal ▁is ▁spoken ▁in ▁Nas ar awa ▁State