Somyev language

Somyev
Kila
Native to Nigeria
Native speakers
 15  (2000)[1]
Niger–Congo

  • Atlantic–Congo

    • Benue–Congo
      • Mambiloid
        • Mambila–Konja
          • Mambila–Vute
            • Kamkam languages
              • Somyev
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kgt
Glottolog somy1238[2]

Somyev (Somyewe), also known as Kila, is a nearly extinct Mambiloid language of Nigeria, spoken by a caste of blacksmiths that live among the Mambila.

References

  1. ↑ Somyev at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Somyev". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.