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Nyingwom language

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Region
  
eastern Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
kdx

Native speakers
  
5,000 (1993)

Glottolog
  
kamm1249

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Savanna greater Gur Waja–Kam Kam

The Kam language, or Nyingwom (Nyiwom, Yimwom), is one of the Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria.

It was labeled as branch "G8" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal, and is now thought to be closest to the Waja languages.

References

Nyingwom language Wikipedia