Nyankpa language
| Nyankpa | |
|---|---|
| Yeskwa | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State, Nassarawa State |
Native speakers | 70,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
yes |
| Glottolog |
yesk1239[2] |
| Nyankpa | |
|---|---|
| Person | òŋamkpa |
| People | àŋamkpa |
| Language | nyankpá |
Nyankpa, or Yeskwa, is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It sometimes appears in the literature as Nyenkpa, which is a dialect.
The main dialects are Panda, Tattara, Bede and Gitata (Buzi). The prestige dialect is Tattara, which is said to be the "standard form" of the language.[3]
References
- ↑ Nyankpa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Yeskwa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Roger Blench (20 May 2009). "The Nyankpa [= Yeskwa] language of Central Nigeria" (PDF). p. 1.
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