The Lufu language of Nigeria

Nigeria

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 is a language still spoken mostly by older adults among the Lufu people of the Takum Local Government Authority, Taraba

Taraba

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 State; its speakers have mostly shifted to Jukun

Jukun language

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. It is reported to have been close to Bete and Bibi. According to the Vienna Yukuben Project, it and Bete probably belong together in the Southern Jukunoid

Jukunoid languages

The score of Jukunoid languages are spoken by the Jukun and related peoples of Nigeria and Cameroon.-Languages:Per Ethnologue 15, the internal classification of the languages is:*Bete, perhaps Lufu*Yukuben–Kuteb: Akum, Beezen, Kapya, Kuteb, Yukuben...

 branch of Niger–Congo

Niger–Congo languages

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; Ethnologue

Ethnologue

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notes this but leaves it unclassified

Unclassified language

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External links

• Ethnologue: Lufu