Nyingwom language

Nyingwom language
Kam
Nyingwom
Spoken in eastern Nigeria
Native speakers 5,000  (1993)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Waja–Kam
      • Kam
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kdx

The Kam language, or Nyingwom (Nyiwom, Yimwom), is one of the Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria.

It was labeled as branch "G8" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal, and is now thought to be closest to the Waja languages.



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