Gyong language
| Gyong | |
|---|---|
| Kagoma | |
| Gyong | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
| Ethnicity | Gwong |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kdm |
| Glottolog | kago1247 |
Gyong, also known as Kagoma,[2][3][4][5] is a Plateau language of Nigeria.[6] spoken by about 20,000 people in northwest Nigeria. The people call themselves Acipu and are called Acipawa in Hausa.<ref> It is spoken by the Gwong people, whose indigenous homeland is in Jema'a Local Government Area in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria.
References
[edit]- ↑ Gyong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ "Joshua Project entry on Gyong". Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Current Ethnologue entry on Gyong". Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Gyong (Kagoma) - a database of language word list data with audio samples for analysis and historical and comparative linguistic reconstruction". Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ Ibrahim, Musa Rhoda. "A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PHRASE IN GYONG AND ENGLISH". eduprojecttopics.com. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Kagoma". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.