Yangkam

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A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3
bsx
Alternate Names
Bashar, Basharawa, Bashiri, Yankam
User Population

100 (1996 R. Blench).

Location

Plateau state: Kanam, Langtang, and Wase LGAs, on Amper-Bashar road, Bayar, Kiram, Pyaksam, and Tukur villages.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Plateau, Tarokoid
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Pe [pai].

Language Use

Elderly only. Shifted to Hausa [hau], but retain Bashar identity.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yangkam
Other Comments

Heavily influenced by 19th-century slave raids. Muslim.