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Kpati
RegionTaraba State, Nigeria
Extinct1980s[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Grassfields
              • Eastern Grassfields
                • Mbam-Nkam
                  • Ngemba
                    • Kpati
Language codes
ISO 639-3koc
Glottologkpat1246

Kpati is an extinct Grassfields language formerly spoken in the Wukari and Takum LGAs of Taraba State, Nigeria.[1] It was first reported as extinct by Grimes, Barbara (1984).[2][3] Kpati was classified as a Ngemba language by Fivas – Scott (1977).[2]

  1. ^ a b Kpati at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Brenzinger, Matthias (1992). Language Death: Factual and Theoretical Explorations with Special Reference to East Africa. Walter de Gruyter. p. 363. ISBN 9783110134049.
  3. ^ Grimes, Barbara. "Languages of the world" (1984), p. 235

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