Lufu language

Lufu
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	3,200 (2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Yukubenic Bete–Lufu Lufu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ldq
Glottolog	lufu1237
ELP	Lufu

The Lufu language is a Yukubenic language of Nigeria is a language still spoken mostly by older adults among the Lufu people of the Takum Local Government Authority, Taraba State; its speakers have mostly shifted to Jukun. It is close to Bete.

Bibliography

• Crozier, David H. and Roger M. Blench, editors. 1992. An index of Nigerian languages. Abuja, Nigeria and Dallas: Nigerian Language Development Centre, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, and Summer Institute of Linguistics.