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Yendang is a member of the Leko–Nimbari group of
Savanna languages The Savannas languages, also known as Gur–Adamawa or Adamawa–Gur, is a branch of the Niger–Congo languages that includes Greenberg's Gur and Adamawa–Ubangui families. History of classification The Gur–Adamawa link was demonstrated in ...
. It is spoken in northeastern
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, ...
. 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.http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ynq


External links

* Paradisec has a collection of
Roger Blench Roger Marsh Blench (born August 1, 1953) is a British linguist, ethnomusicologist and development anthropologist. He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is based in Cambridge, England. He researches, publishes, and work ...
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includes Yendang language materials


References

Mumuye–Yendang languages Languages of Nigeria {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub