Yangkam language explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
  2. Blench, Roger. 2006. The Yangkam language of Central Nigeria and its affinities. Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. Blench, Roger. 2004. Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria.