Denya language

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Denyang
Anyah
Native to Cameroon
EthnicityAnyang
Native speakers
(11,200 cited 1982) [1]
Dialects
  • Anyang
  • Betieku
  • Awanchi
  • Bantah
Language codes
ISO 639-3 anv
Glottolog deny1238
ELP Denya
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  Denya

Denyang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon Manyu languages (of the Anyang tribe). It is spoken by five main clans: Ayang, Baku, Betieku, Bantah, Awanchi, they are divergent enough to perhaps be considered separate languages.

References

  1. Denyang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)