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Bokyi language

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Boki
Bokyi
Native toNigeria
Native speakers
(140,000 cited 1989)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bky
Glottologboky1238

Boki (Bokyi, Nfua, Nki, Okii, Osikom, Osukam, Uki, Vaaneroki) is a regionally important language spoken by the Bokyi people of northern Cross River State, Nigeria. It is ranked amongst the first fifteen languages of the about 505 living languages in Nigeria, with a few thousand speakers in Cameroon.

References

  1. ^ Boki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)