Abanyom language
| Abanyom | |
|---|---|
| Bakor | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Cross River State |
Native speakers | (13,000 cited 1986)[1] |
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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 (19th ed., 2016)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Abanyom". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Asinya, O.E. 1987. A reconstruction of the Segmental phonology of Bakor (an Ekoid Bantu language). M.A. Linguistics, University of Port Harcourt
External links
- Abanyom basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
- Listen to a sample of Abanyom from Global Recordings Network
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