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Bete language (Nigeria)

Bete
Native toBete Town, Takum Local Government Authority, Taraba State, Nigeria.
Ethnicity3,000 Bete (no date)[1]
Native speakers
(50 cited 1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3byf
Glottologbete1261
ELPBete

The Bete language of Nigeria is a nearly extinct language spoken by a small minority of the 3,000 inhabitants of Bete Town, Takum, Taraba State; its speakers have mostly shifted to Jukun Takum. It is close to Lufu.

See also

Bibliography

  1. ^ a b Bete at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

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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