Kpati language

Kpati
Kpati
Region	Taraba State, Nigeria
Extinct	1980s
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Ngemba Kpati; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	koc
Glottolog	kpat1246

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]

References

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