Ngyian language

Ngyian
Ngyian
Kamantan
Nghan
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Ethnicity	Anghan people
Native speakers	(250,000 cited 1982)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Gyongic ? Ngyian; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kci
Glottolog	kama1358
IETF	kci

Last updated December 17, 2025

Ngyian (also known as Nghan, Hausa : Kamantan, Jju : Byrok, Tyap : Byoot), is a Plateau language of Nigeria.^[2] It is spoken by the Anghan people.

References

↑ Ngyian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kamantan". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Ngyian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kamantan". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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