Sambe language

Sambe is a presumably extinct Plateau language of Nigeria once spoken in the village of the same name. The Sambe people have shifted to Ninzo.^[2]

Sambe
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Extinct	2 elderly speakers in 2005[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Alumic Hasha–Sambe Sambe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xab
Glottolog	samb1307
ELP	Sambe

Sambe is unusual in contrasting /k͡p/ and /k͡pʷ/, a rare distinction in the world’s languages. For example,

/k͡pùk͡pʷɛ̀/ "cough"

/kə́k͡pɛ/ "choose"^[1]