XAB ISO 639-3
Sambe
A language of Nigeria
- ISO 639
- xab
- Population
- 2 (Blench 2019).
- Location:
- Kaduna state: Sambe village 10 km west of Agamati town.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Plateau, Western, Southwestern, B
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly most similar to Hasha [ybj].
- Language Use
- Shifted to Ninzo [nin] (Blench 2019).
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Sambe
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Kaduna state: Sambe village 10 km west of Agamati town.
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