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Bokyi
Bokyi
Boki
Native to	Southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon
Ethnicity	Bokyi people
Native speakers	280,000 (2005–2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid? Bendi Bokyi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bky
Glottolog	boky1238

Bokyi (Boki, Nfua, Nki, Okii, Osikom, Osukam, Uki, Vaaneroki) is a regionally important Bendi language spoken by the Bokyi people of northern Cross River State, Nigeria. It is ranked amongst the first fifteen languages of the about 520 living languages in Nigeria, with a few thousand speakers in Cameroon.

Major dialects include Abu (Abo, Baswo), Irruan, Osokom (Okundi) and Wula.^[2] In 2026, Roger Blench determined Abu to be a separate Bendi language that is not particularly closely related to Bokyi.

References

↑ Bokyi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Blench, Roger (2010). "The Bendi languages: more lost Bantu languages?" (PDF). p. 2.

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[e25-1] Bokyi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Blench, Roger (2010). "The Bendi languages: more lost Bantu languages?" (PDF). p. 2.

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