Kiong
PrintA language of Nigeria
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Akayon, Äkäyön~, Akoiyang, Iyoniyong, Okonyong, Okoyong
Population
100 (2004). Ethnic population: 570.
Location
Cross River State, Odukpani and Akampka LGAs, Akpap village, northwest of Calabar, east of Cross river; Akankpa area northeast of Akpap (40 km north of Calabar).
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Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Classification
Dialects
Very closely related to Korop [krp].
Language Use
Spoken only by people of sixty years or older. Shifting to Efik [efi] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).
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