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.