Kyenga language explained

Kyenga
Also Known As:Tyenga
Nativename:Kyangganya
Region:Nigeria, Benin
Speakers:12,000
Date:1995–2012
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam1:Niger–Congo
Fam2:Mande
Fam3:Eastern
Fam4:Bisa–Busa
Fam5:Samo–Busa
Fam6:Busa languages
Fam7:Shanga–Tyenga
Iso3:tye
Glotto:kyen1242
Glottorefname:Kyenga
Person:Kyanggani
People:Kyanggana
Language:Kyangganya
Root:Kyangga[1]

Kyenga (also spelled Tyenga, Tienga, Kyanga, Tyanga, Cenka, Kenga), is a Mande language of Nigeria and Benin. Usage is declining, and the Kyenga are shifting to Hausa in Nigeria and Dendi in Benin.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.