Mbembe language explained

Mbembe
States:Nigeria
Speakers:100,000
Date:1982
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo languages
Fam3:Benue–Congo languages
Fam4:Cross River
Fam5:Upper Cross
Fam6:Central
Fam7:East–West
Iso3:mfn
Lc1:oda
Ld1:Odut village
Glotto:cros1244
Glottorefname:Cross River Mbembe
Elp:4914
Elpname:Odut

Mbembe is a Cross River language of Nigeria. Odut,[1] a divergent variety spoken in a village far South of the rest of Mbembe, had 20 speakers in 1980 and may be extinct.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Blench (2013) An Atlas of Nigerian Languages
  2. News: Odut. Ethnologue. 2017-07-26.