Psikyɛ dialect

Psikye
Native to Cameroon, Nigeria
Region Far North Province, Adamawa State
Native speakers
unknown (52,500 cited 1982–1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kvj
Glottolog psik1239[3]

Psikye (Kapsiki) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. Varieties include Psikyɛ and Zləngə. Blench (2006) classifies it as a dialect of Kamwe.[2]

Notes

  1. Psikye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. 1 2 Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Psikye". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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