The Bete language of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
is a nearly extinct language spoken by a small minority of the 3,000 inhabitants of Bete Town,
Takum
Takum is a Local Government Area in Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Takum, it is created out of Wukari local government in June 1976, at . Takum borders the Republic of Cameroon in the south, Ussa Local Government to the ...
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Taraba State
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; its speakers have mostly shifted to
Jukun Takum. It is close to
Lufu.
See also
*
Bete people
External links
UNESCO, "Bete: Language profile"
Bibliography
Sources
* Crozier, David H. and
Roger M. Blench, editors. 1992. ''An index of Nigerian languages''. Abuja, Nigeria and Dallas: Nigerian Language Development Centre, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, and
Summer Institute of Linguistics
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Yukubenic languages
Endangered languages of Africa
Languages of Nigeria
Endangered Niger–Congo languages
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