Yangkam language: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Adding local short description: "Endangered Plateau language of Nigeria", overriding Wikidata description "language" (Shortdesc helper) |
Yangkam, from Yàŋkàm |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Endangered Plateau language of Nigeria}} |
{{Short description|Endangered Plateau language of Nigeria}} |
||
{{Infobox language |
{{Infobox language |
||
|name= |
|name=Yangkam |
||
|altname=Bashar |
|altname=Bashar |
||
|nativename=''Yàŋkàm'' |
|nativename=''Yàŋkàm'' |
||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
|root=Yàŋkàm<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref> |
|root=Yàŋkàm<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref> |
||
}} |
}} |
||
''' |
'''Yangkam''' (Yankam), or '''Bashar''' (Basherawa), is a moribund [[Plateau languages|Plateau language]] of [[Nigeria]]. It is located to the west of Bashar town in [[Plateau State]]. |
||
Yangkam-speaking villages are Tukur, Bayar, Pyaksam, and Kiram.<ref>Blench, Roger. 2004. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Tarokoid/Tarokoid-subclassification.pdf Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria].</ref> All speakers are elderly, with a total of approximately 400 fluent speakers remaining.<ref name="BlenchAtlas4"/> |
Yangkam-speaking villages are Tukur, Bayar, Pyaksam, and Kiram.<ref>Blench, Roger. 2004. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Tarokoid/Tarokoid-subclassification.pdf Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria].</ref> All speakers are elderly, with a total of approximately 400 fluent speakers remaining.<ref name="BlenchAtlas4"/> |
||
Revision as of 18:35, 29 May 2023
| Yangkam | |
|---|---|
| Bashar | |
| Yàŋkàm | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | (100 cited 1996)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bsx |
| Glottolog | yang1290 |
| ELP | Yangkam |
| Yàŋkàm[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | Yàŋkàm |
| People | aYaŋkam |
| Language | Yàŋkàm |
Yangkam (Yankam), or Bashar (Basherawa), is a moribund Plateau language of Nigeria. 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.[2]
References
- ^ Yangkam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ Blench, Roger. 2004. Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria.