Yangkam
PrintA language of Nigeria
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Bashar, Basharawa, Bashiri, Yankam
Population
100 (1996 R. Blench).
Location
Plateau State, Kanam, Langtang, and Wase LGAs, west of Bashar, on Amper-Bashar road, Tukur, Bayar, Pyaksam, and Kiram villages.
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Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Dialects
Similar to Pe [pai].
Language Use
Shifted to Hausa [hau], but retain Bashar identity. Mainly older adults.
Heavily influenced by 19th-century slave raids. Muslim.