Sya

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A language of Nigeria

User Population

7,000 (2021 SIL).

Location

Plateau state: Bokkos LGA, Sha district, Sha and surrounding villages.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 28%–45% with Duhwa [kbz], 41%–54% with Mindat [mmf].

Language Use

Used by all. Most also use Hausa [hau] (Decker et al 2021h).