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Mbembe language

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Cross River language spoken in Nigeria Not to be confused with Tigon language, Mfumte language. ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Mbembe
Native toNigeria
Native speakers(100,000 cited 1982)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3mfn – inclusive code
Individual code:
oda – Odut village
Glottologcros1244
ELPOdut

Mbembe is a Cross River language of Nigeria. Odut, a divergent variety spoken in a village far South of the rest of Mbembe, had 20 speakers in 1980 and may be extinct.

References

  1. Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Odut village at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench (2013) An Atlas of Nigerian Languages
  3. "Odut". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
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