Yendang language

Yendang
Region northeastern Nigeria
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ynq
Glottolog yend1241[2]

Yendang is a member of the Leko–Nimbari group of Savanna languages. It is spoken in northeastern Nigeria. Dialects are Kuseki, Yofo, Poli (Akule, Yakule).

ISO code

Yendang's ISO 639-3 code was changed from 'yen' to 'ynq' in March 2012 when Yotti was recognized as a distinct language; older references may still link to the older code.[3]

References

  1. Yendang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Yendang". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ynq[]


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