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Psikyɛ dialect

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Native to
  
Cameroon, Nigeria

Glottolog
  
psik1239

ISO 639-3
  
kvj

Region
  
Far North Province, Adamawa State

Native speakers
  
(52,500 cited 1982–1992)

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bura–Higi Higi (A.3) Kamwe Psikye

Psikye (Kapsiki) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. Varieties include Psikyɛ and Zləngə. Blench (2006) classifies it as a dialect of Kamwe.

References

Psikyɛ dialect Wikipedia