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Nyankpa language

Nyankpa language

Plateau language of Nigeria

Nyankpa or Yeskwa (nyankpá) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It sometimes appears in the literature as Nyenkpa, which is a dialect.

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Dialects

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.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Nyankpa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Roger Blench (20 May 2009). "The Nyankpa [= Yeskwa] language of Central Nigeria" (PDF). p. 1.


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