The Kasabe language is an
extinct language
An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers, especially if the language has no living descendants. In contrast, a dead language is one that is no longer the native language of any community, even if it is still in use, ...
of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
, formerly spoken around Mambila in the
Nyalang area. The last speaker, a man named Bogon died on 5 November 1995.
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
Extinct languages of Africa
Languages of Cameroon
Mambiloid languages
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