| Bete | |
| States: | Bete Town, Takum Local Government Authority, Taraba State, Nigeria. |
| Ethnicity: | 3,000 Bete (no date) |
| Speakers: | 50 |
| Date: | 1992 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Plateau |
| Fam5: | Yukubenic |
| Fam6: | Bete–Lufu |
| Iso3: | byf |
| Glotto: | bete1261 |
| Glottorefname: | Bete (Yukubenic) |
The Bete language of Nigeria is a nearly extinct language spoken by a small minority of the 3,000 inhabitants of Bete Town, Takum, Taraba State; its speakers have mostly shifted to Jukun Takum. It is close to Lufu.