Kasabe language
{{Short description|Extinct language of Cameroon}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Kasabe
| region = Mambila, Nyalang
| familycolor = Niger-Congo
| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo
| fam3 = Benue–Congo
| fam4 = Mambiloid
| fam5 = Mambila–Konja ?
| extinct = November 5, 1995, with the death of Bogon
| iso3 = none
| glotto = none
| states = Cameroon
}}
The Kasabe language is an extinct language of Cameroon, formerly spoken around Mambila in the Nyalang area. The last speaker, a man named Bogon, died on 5 November 1995.{{cite web|last=Crystal |first=David |url=http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/millenniumbriefingthedeathoflanguage/ |title=Millennium briefing: the death of language |publisher=Prospectmagazine.co.uk |date=1999-11-20 |access-date=2013-09-02}}
Bibliography
- Connell, B. (1995). Dying Languages and the Complexity of the Mambiloid Group. Paper presented at the 25th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden.
References
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{{Languages of Cameroon}}
Category:Extinct languages of Africa
Category:Languages of Cameroon
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