Lufu language

Lufu language

language
name=Lufu
familycolor=Unclassified
states=Nigeria
region=Taraba State
speakers=2,000–3,000 (1992)
fam1=Unclassified
iso3=ldq

The Lufu language of Nigeria is a nearly extinct language still spoken by some elders among the 2,000-3,000 Lufu in Takum Local Government Authority, Taraba State; its speakers have mostly shifted to Jukun. It is reported to have been close to Bete and Bibi. According to the Vienna [http://www.univie.ac.at/linguistics/yukuben/ Yukuben Project] , it and Bete probably belong together in the Southern Jukunoid subfamily of Niger-Congo; the Ethnologue lists it as unclassified.

External links

* Ethnologue: [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ldq Lufu]

Bibliography

* 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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