Yala language explained

Yala
Nativename:Nkum
Region:Cross River State
States:Nigeria
Speakers:200,000
Date:2008
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta–Niger
Fam5:Idomoid
Fam6:Etulo–Idoma
Fam7:Idoma
Iso3:yba
Glotto:yala1263
Glottorefname:Yala

Yala (Iyala) is an Idomoid language of Ogoja, Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists dialects as Ikom, Obubra, and Ogoja.[1]

Notes and References

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