Abanyom language

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Abanyom
Bakor
Native to Nigeria
Region Cross River State
Native speakers
unknown (13,000 cited 1986)[1]
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

  1. 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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