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Koenoem language

Koenoem is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. It is spoken in about 6 villages east of the Panyam-Shendam road.

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Koenoem
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1973)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3kcs
Glottologkoen1239
ELPKoenoem

Koenoem is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.1 It is spoken in about 6 villages east of the Panyam-Shendam road.3

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Notes

  1. Koenoem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.
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