Sambe language
| Sambe | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
| Extinct | 2 elderly speakers in 2005[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
xab |
| Glottolog |
samb1307[2] |
Sambe is a presumably extinct Plateau language of Nigeria once spoken in the village of the same name. The Sambe people have shifted to Ninzo.
Sambe is unusual in contrasting /k͡p/ and /k͡pʷ/, a rare distinction in the world’s languages. For example,
- /k͡pùk͡pʷɛ̀/ "cough"
- /kə́k͡pɛ/ "choose"[1]
References
- 1 2 Blench, Roger (2015). Final Records of the Sambe Language of Central Nigeria. Language Documentation and Conservation. Vol.9 (2015), pp.193–229.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sambe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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