Bambuka language

Kyak
Bambuka
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	5,000 (1995)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Bambukic Bikwin–Jen Bikwin Gomu–Leelau–Kyak Kyak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bka`
Glottolog	`kyak1243`^[2]

Kyak (Nyakyak), AKA Bambuka, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria.

Ethnologue 13 included Kanawa as a dialect, but later additions dropped it. Blench lists it as a possible separate language.^[3]

References

↑ Kyak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kyak". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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