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has URI | http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/byf |
has gloss | eng: The Bete language of Nigeria is a nearly extinct language spoken by a small minority of the 3,000 inhabitants of Bete Town, Takum Local Government Authority, Taraba State; its speakers have mostly shifted to Jukun Takum. It is reported to have been close to Lufu and Bibi. It belongs in the Jukunoid subfamily of Niger-Congo, according to the Vienna and the Ethnologue (15th ed.), though the latter formerly listed it as unclassified. |
lexicalization | eng: Bete language |
subclass of | e/Jukunoid languages |
instance of | http://dbpedia.org/resource/Jukunoid_languages |
instance of | http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/Jukunoid_languages |
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