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Kapya language

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Kapya
Native toNigeria
RegionTaraba State
Native speakers
200 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3klo
Glottologkapy1238
ELPKapya

Kapya is a Jukuniod language spoken in Kapya village, Takum LGA, Taraba State, Northern Nigeria. Kapya are people with unique historical background.

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 Adda village, Kapya Akikai, Kapya Baba, Takum, and others.

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References

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  1. ^ Kapya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)