Kyenga language

Kyenga (also spelled Tyenga, Tienga, Kyanga, Tyanga, Cenka, Kenga), is a Mande language of Nigeria and Benin. Usage is declining, with speakers shifting to Hausa in Nigeria and Dendi in Benin.

Kyenga
Tyenga
Kyangganya
RegionNigeria, Benin
Native speakers
(12,000 cited 1995–2012)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Eastern
      • Bisa–Busa
        • Samo–Busa
          • Busa languages
            • Shanga–Tyenga
              • Kyenga
Language codes
ISO 639-3tye
Glottologkyen1242[2]
Kyangga[3]
PersonKyanggani
PeopleKyanggana
LanguageKyangganya

References
  1. Kyenga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kyenga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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