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Nyankpa language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
yes

Native speakers
  
70,000 (2012)

Glottolog
  
yesk1239

Region
  
Kaduna State, Nassarawa State

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Koroic Yeskwa

Yeskwa, or Nyankpa, is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It sometimes appears in the literature as Nyenkpa, which is a dialect. The prestige dialect is Tattara.

References

Nyankpa language Wikipedia