Fali is an unclassified Benue-Congo language of Nigeria, once spoken in the town of Baissa in Taraba State. The language is unwritten, and it went extinct in the 2000s.
| Fali | |
|---|---|
| Fali of Baissa | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Taraba State |
| Extinct | 2000s[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fah |
| Glottolog | bais1242 |
| ELP | Fali of Baissa |
Genetic affiliation
editBaissa Fali belongs to the Benue–Congo sub-family of the Niger–Congo languages. Its position within this family remains a matter of discussion.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "Fali of Baissa". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
Last speakers may have survived into the 2000s.
- ↑ Williamson, Kay (1989) 'Benue–Congo Overview', pp. 248–274 in Bendor-Samuel, John & Rhonda L. Hartell (eds.) The Niger–Congo Languages – A classification and description of Africa's largest language family. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America.