Kapya language
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| Kapya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Taraba State |
Native speakers | 200 (2004)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | klo |
| Glottolog | kapy1238 |
| ELP | Kapya |
Kapya is a Benue–Congo language spoken in Kapya village, Takum LGA, Taraba State, eastern Nigeria.
Kapya is a village and the administrative headquarters of Kapya people (Benyi's). Until the coming of both Christianity and Islam, the Kapya people were followers of their own traditional religions.[citation needed]
There must dominant areas includes Kapya Adda, Kapya Akikai, Kapya Baba, Takum, and others.[citation needed]
Classification
[edit]Together, Kapya and Kuteb form an independent branch of the Benue–Congo languages according to Roger Blench (2026).[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Kapya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 Blench, Roger. 2026. Rethinking the classification of ‘South Jukunoid’. Third Conference on Bantoid Languages and Linguistics (Bantoid 3), University at Buffalo, May 20–21, 2026.