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| Luo | |
|---|---|
| Kasabe | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Atta, Mambila, Nyalang |
| Extinct | November 5, 1995, with the death of Bogon |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | luw |
| Glottolog | luoc1235 |
| ELP | Luo |
The Luo language (Kasabe) is an extinct language of Cameroon, formerly spoken around Mambila in the Nyalang area, spoken in a section of the Atta region of Cameroon. The last speaker, a man named Bogon, died on 5 November 1995;[1] he was said to be "well over" 100 years old at the time of his death. One of Bogon's sisters survived him but she reportedly did not know the language.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Crystal, David (1999-11-20). "Millennium briefing: the death of language". Prospectmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- ↑ "MORIBUND LANGUAGES OF THE NIGERIA-CAMEROON BORDERLAND". lucy.ukc.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
Bibliography
[edit]- Connell, B. (1995). Voices from the Grave: Dying languages and the complexity of the Mambiloid group. Paper presented at the 25th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden.
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