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. It was first reported as extinct by Grimes, Barbara (1984). Kpati was classified as a Ngemba language by Fivas – Scott (1977).

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