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Kwanka language

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Kwanka
Kwang (Kwaŋ)
Bijim
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State, Bauchi State
Native speakers
20,000 (2003)[1]
Dialects
  • Vaghat (Kwanka)
  • Ya (Boi)
  • Bijim
  • Legeri
Language codes
ISO 639-3bij
Glottologvagh1247

Kwanka, or Kwang, is a dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. Kwanka is an alternate name of the principal dialect, Vaghat; the others are Ya (Boi), Bijim, and Legeri.

References

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