Kyenga language

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Kyenga
Tyenga
Region Nigeria, Benin
Native speakers
unknown (12,000 cited 1995–2012)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Eastern
      • Bisa–Busa
        • Samo–Busa
          • Busa languages
            • Shanga–Tyenga
              • Kyenga
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tye
Glottolog kyen1242[2]

Kyenga (also spelled Tyenga, Tienga, Kyanga, Tyanga, Cenka, Kenga), is a Mande language of Nigeria and Benin. Usage is declining, with speakers shifting to Hausa in Nigeria and Dendi in Benin.

References

  1. Kyenga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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