Yendang language

Yendang
Region northeastern Nigeria
Native speakers
unknown (50,000 cited 1987)[1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ynq
Glottolog yend1241[2]

Yendang is a member of the Leko–Nimbari group of Savanna languages. It is spoken in northeastern Nigeria. Dialects are Kuseki, Yofo, Poli (Akule, Yakule).

ISO code

Yendang's ISO 639-3 code was changed from 'yen' to 'ynq' in March 2012 when Yotti was recognized as a distinct language; older references may still link to the older code.[3]

References

  1. Yendang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yendang". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ynq