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Bambuka language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

Native speakers
  
5,000 (1995)

Glottolog
  
kyak1243

Region
  
Taraba State

ISO 639-3
  
bka

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Bambukic Bikwin–Jen Bikwin Gomu–Leelau–Kyak Kyak

Kyak (Nyakyak), AKA Bambuka, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria.

Ethnologue 13 included Kanawa as a dialect, but later additions dropped it. Blench lists it as a possible separate language.

References

Bambuka language Wikipedia