Abanyom language
Categories: Niger-Congo language stubs | Bantu languages | Languages of Nigeria
| Abanyom (Abanyom) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Cross River State |
| Total speakers: | 12,500 |
| Ranking: | Not in top 100 |
| Genetic classification: | Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | none |
| Regulated by: | none |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | n.a. |
| ISO 639-2 | n.a. (B) / bnt (T) |
| SIL | abm |
| See also: Language – List of languages | |
Abanyom is a language of the Ekoid subfamily of Niger-Congo. It is spoken by the Abanyom people in the Cross River State region of Nigeria, numbering about 12,500. A member of the Southern Bantoid group, Abanyom is fairly closely related to the Bantu languages. It is tonal and has a typical Niger-Congo noun class system.
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