Yangkam | |
Also Known As: | Bashar |
Nativename: | Yàŋkàm |
Region: | Plateau State |
States: | Nigeria |
Speakers: | 100 |
Date: | 1996 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Plateau |
Fam5: | Tarokoid |
Iso3: | bsx |
Glotto: | yang1290 |
Glottorefname: | Yangkam |
Person: | Yàŋkàm |
People: | aYaŋkam |
Language: | Yàŋkàm |
Root: | Yàŋkàm[1] |
Yangkam (Yankam), or Bashar (Basherawa), is a moribund Plateau language of Nigeria.[2] It is located to the west of Bashar town in Plateau State.
Yangkam-speaking villages are Tukur, Bayar, Pyaksam, and Kiram.[3] All speakers are elderly, with a total of approximately 400 fluent speakers remaining.[1]