Yala language

Idomoid language of Ogoja, Nigeria
Yala
Nkum
Native toNigeria
RegionCross River State
Native speakers
200,000 (2008)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Niger
      • noi
        • Idomoid
          • Etulo–Idoma
            • Idoma
              • Yala
Language codes
ISO 639-3yba
Glottologyala1263

Yala (Iyala) is an Idomoid language of Ogoja, Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists dialects as Ikom, Obubra, and Ogoja.[2]

References

  1. ^ Yala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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