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Sambe language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
xab

Region
  
Kaduna State

Glottolog
  
samb1307

Extinct
  
2 elderly speakers in 2005

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Alumic Hasha–Sambe Sambe

Sambe is a presumably extinct Plateau language of Nigeria once spoken in the village of the same name. The Sambe people have shifted to Ninzo.

Sambe is unusual in contrasting /k͡p/ and /k͡pʷ/, a rare distinction in the world’s languages. For example,

/k͡pùk͡pʷɛ̀/ "cough" /kə́k͡pɛ/ "choose"

References

Sambe language Wikipedia