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Hyam language

Hyam
Jabba
Native to Nigeria
Region Kaduna State
Native speakers
300,000 (2014)
Dialects
  • Hyam of Nok
  • Sait
  • Dzar
  • Yaat
  • Ankum
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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.



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