Nyingwom language
| Kam | |
|---|---|
| Nyingwom | |
| Region | eastern Nigeria |
Native speakers | 5,000 (1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
kdx |
| Glottolog |
kamm1249[2] |
The Kam language, or Nyingwom (Nyiwom, Yimwom), is one of the Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria.
It was labeled as branch "G8" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal, and is now thought to be closest to the Waja languages.
References
- ↑ Kam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kam". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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