Abanyom is a language of the
Ekoid subfamily of
Niger-Congo.
It is spoken by the
Abanyom people in the Cross River State
region of Nigeria
, numbering
about 12,500 people in 1986. A member of the
Southern Bantoid group, Abanyom
is fairly closely related to the
Bantu
languages. It is
tonal and
has a typical Niger-Congo
noun class
system.
Sources
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of
the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.
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