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Yendang language

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Region
  
northeastern Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
ynq

Native speakers
  
(50,000 cited 1987)

Glottolog
  
yend1241

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Leko–Nimbari Mumuye–Yendang Yendang Yendang

Yendang is a member of the Leko–Nimbari group of Savanna languages. It is spoken in northeastern Nigeria. Dialects are Kuseki, Yofo, Poli (Akule, Yakule).

ISO code

Yendang's ISO 639-3 code was changed from 'yen' to 'ynq' in March 2012 when Yotti was recognized as a distinct language; older references may still link to the older code.

References

Yendang language Wikipedia