Native to Nigeria Native speakers 300,000 (2014) | Region Kaduna State ISO 639-3 jab | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Plateau
Central ?
Hyamic ?
Hyam Dialects Hyam of Nok
Sait
Dzar
Yaat
Ankum | ||
Hyam, or Jabba, is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. Hyam of Nok is the prestige dialect. Blench (2008) treats it, Sait, and Dzar as distinct languages, and notes that Yaat and Ankun may also be separate.
References
Hyam language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA