Hyam | |
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Jabba | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Kaduna State |
Native speakers
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300,000 (2014) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | hyam1245 |
Hyam, or Jabba, is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria. Hyam of Nok is the prestige dialect. Blench (2008) treats it, Sait, and Dzar as distinct languages, and notes that Yaat and Ankun may also be separate. It is spoken by the Ham People of Nigeria.