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

Yala

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3yba

Population  50,000 (1973 SIL).
Region  Cross River state, Ogoja, Obubra, and Ikom LGAs.
Language maps  Nigeria, Map 10, reference number 348
Nigeria, Map 7, reference number 348
Alternate names   Iyala
Dialects  Nkum (Yala Ikom), Nkum Akpambe (Yala Obubra), Yala Ogoja.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Idomoid, Akweya, Etulo-Idoma, Idoma
Language development  Grammar. NT: 1979.
Writing system  Latin script.