Kyenga language

Kyenga
Tyenga
Region Nigeria, Benin
Native speakers
 12,000  (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)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kyenga". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.