Abanyom language
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Abanyom | |
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Bakor | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Cross River State |
Native speakers
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unknown (13,000 cited 1986)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | abm |
Glottolog | aban1242 [2] |
Abanyom, or Bakor, 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. 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.
Sources
- ↑ Abanyom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- Asinya, O.E. 1987. A reconstruction of the Segmental phonology of Bakor (an Ekoid Bantu language). M.A. Linguistics, University of Port Harcourt
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