Mbembe language

Mbembe
Mbembe
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	(100,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo languages Benue–Congo languages Cross River Upper Cross Central East–West Mbembe; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mfn – inclusive code; Individual code:; oda – Odut village
Glottolog	cros1244
ELP	Odut

Mbembe is a Cross River language of Nigeria. Odut,[2] a divergent variety spoken in a village far South of the rest of Mbembe, had 20 speakers in 1980 and may be extinct.[3]

References

Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Odut village at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Blench (2013) An Atlas of Nigerian Languages
"Odut". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-26.

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[e18-1] Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Odut village at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Blench (2013) An Atlas of Nigerian Languages

[3] "Odut". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-26.