Sambe language

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

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.

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