Bokyi (Boki, Nfua, Nki, Okii, Osikom, Osukam, Uki, Vaaneroki) is a regionally important Bendi language spoken by the

Bokyi people The Boki people (Bokyi) (also known as Nki) are a tribe found in Cross River State, Nigeria. The Boki people are predominantly farmers who are also forest-dependent. They speak the Bokyi language, one of the Bendi languages The Bendi languages a ...

of northern

Cross River State Cross River State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named for the Cross River, the state was formed from the eastern part of the Eastern Region on 27 May 1967. The state has its capital as Calabar and is bordered to ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. It is ranked amongst the first fifteen languages of the about 520 living languages in

, with a few thousand speakers in

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

. Major dialects include Abu (Abo, Baswo), Irruan, Osokom (Okundi) and Wula.

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Bendi languages Languages of Nigeria {{Bantoid-lang-stub