Viti language

Viti
Native to Nigeria
Region Taraba
Native speakers
 (no estimate available)[1]
Niger–Congo

  • Atlantic–Congo

    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Grassfields
          • Narrow
            • (unclassified)
              • Viti
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
vit – Viti
ned – Nde-Gbite
Glottolog viti1241  (Viti)[2]
ndeg1238  (Nde-Gbite)[3]

Viti (Biti) or Vötö (Bötö), also known as Nde-Gbite, is a Narrow Grassfields language of Nigeria, spoken in the village of Antere in Taraba State, Nigeria, half a kilometer from the Cameroonian border. It is not clear how close or distinct it is from other Grassfields varieties.

References

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