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Ngyian language

Ngyian, is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is spoken by the Anghan people.

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Ngyian
Kamantan
Nghan
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State
EthnicityAnghan people
Native speakers
(250,000 cited 1982)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3kci
Glottologkama1358
IETFkci

Ngyian (also known as Nghan, Hausa: Kamantan, Jju: Byrok, Tyap: Byoot), is a Plateau language of Nigeria.2 It is spoken by the Anghan people.

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References

  1. Ngyian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Kamantan". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.