Kapya language

Kapya
Kapya
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	200 (2004)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kuteb–Kapya Kapya; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	klo
Glottolog	kapy1238
ELP	Kapya

Kapya is a Benue–Congo language spoken in Kapya village, Takum LGA, Taraba State, eastern Nigeria.

Kapya is a village and the administrative headquarters of Kapya people (Benyi's). Until the coming of both Christianity and Islam, the Kapya people were followers of their own traditional religions.

There must dominant areas includes Kapya Adda, Kapya Akikai, Kapya Baba, Takum, and others.

Classification

Together, Kapya and Kuteb form an independent branch of the Benue–Congo languages according to Roger Blench (2026).^[2]

References

↑ Kapya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 Blench, Roger. 2026. Rethinking the classification of ‘South Jukunoid’. Third Conference on Bantoid Languages and Linguistics (Bantoid 3), University at Buffalo, May 20–21, 2026.

[e18-1] Kapya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Blench2026-2] 1 2 Blench, Roger. 2026. Rethinking the classification of ‘South Jukunoid’. Third Conference on Bantoid Languages and Linguistics (Bantoid 3), University at Buffalo, May 20–21, 2026.

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