Bete-Bendi

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A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3
btt
Alternate Names
Bette-Bendi, Dama
Population

100,000 (2006 L. Otronyi), increasing. Some elderly monolinguals.

Location

Cross River State, Obudu and Obanliku LGAs.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Cross River, Bendi
Dialects

Bendi, Bete (Bette, Mbete). Bete intelligible with Bendi. Lexical similarity: 82% with Bendi; 64%–72% with Obanliku [bzy].

Language Use

Home. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Pidgin [pcm] and English [eng] and surrounding languages.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Very low. NT: 1982.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bete-Bendi
Writing
Latin script, used since 2007.
Other Comments

Different from Bete [byf] in Taraba State and Bété [bet] of Côte d’Ivoire. Bete and Bendi have positive attitudes toward each other. Christian, traditional religion.