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Boki language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
bky

Native speakers
  
(140,000 cited 1989)

Glottolog
  
boky1238

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid? Bendi Boki

Boki (Bokyi, Nfua, Nki, Okii, Osikom, Osukam, Uki, Vaaneroki) is a regionally important language spoken by the Bokyi people of northern Cross River State, Nigeria. It is ranked amongst the first fifteen languages of the about 505 living languages in Nigeria, with a few thousand speakers in Cameroon.

References

Boki language Wikipedia