Bete language (Nigeria)

{{Short description|Endangered Plateau language of Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name = 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.