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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Gyem

Gyem

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3gye

Population  1,000 (1995 CAPRO).
Region  Bauchi state, Toro LGA.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 137
Alternate names   Gema, Gemawa, Gyam, Gyemawa
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji, Eastern, Northern Jos, Jera
Language use  Shifting to Hausa [hau].
Comments  Different from Fyam (Gyem) [pym]. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion.