Psikye language

Psikye language

language
name=Psikye
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Cameroon, Nigeria
region=Far North Province, Adamawa State
speakers=52,500 (1982)
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=Biu-Mandara
fam4=A
fam5=A.3
iso3=kvj

Psikye is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. Dialects include Psikye and Zlenge. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kvj Ethnologue entry for Psikye]


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