What is Abanyom language?
{{Infobox language |name=Abanyom |altname=Bakor |states=[[Nigeria]] |region=[[Cross River State]] |speakers={{sigfig|12,500|2}} |date=1986 |ref=e19 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Ekoid languages|Ekoid]] |fam6=Efutop–Ekajuk |iso3=abm |glotto=aban1242 |glottorefname=Abanyom }} '''Abanyom''' is a [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo language]]. It is [[category|categorized]] as a part of the [[Ekoid languages|Ekoid language subfamily]] and [[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid group]]. The language is spoken by the [[Abanyom people]] in the [[Cross River State]] of [[Nigeria]]. As of 1986, there were about 12,500 speakers of Abanyom.<ref>Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227170852/http://www.ethnologue.com/ |date=2007-12-27 }}</ref> Abanyom is very similar to the [[Bantu languages]]. It is a [[tone (linguistics)|tonal language]]. Its [[noun class]] system is the same as other Niger-Congo languages'. ==Sources== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [[Ethnologue:abm|Ethnologue report on Abanyom]] {{Clear}} [[Category:Niger-Congo languages]] [[Category:Languages of Nigeria]] {{stub}}